Man Has 68 Pitbulls in Home

from the Wichita Eagle (Kansas)

It started with a tip: A social worker, accompanied by police, came to a door in north Wichita wanting to know whether there were children living in a small house with a lot of dogs.
The man who answered the door said no, but then the social worker and the cops heard the voices of children. The police forced their way in.

What they found were two children and a sight that startled them: 68 pit bull dogs, crowded in cages, in a house full of the sound of barking and the smell of dog urine.

Some of the dogs had scars, as though they had been fighting. Police believe the dogs were being sold on the Internet.

The children, ages 11 and 5, are now in protective custody.

The police found dozens of dogs kept in plastic cages, some together but most separated. Several more were found in the yard. The dogs, all pit bulls, were mostly adults.

The dogs were taken to the Wichita Animal Shelter. They will remain there pending prosecution