61 Dogs and 3 Cats Removed from Abandoned Home with a Smell That 'Burned the Eyes and Lungs' of Rescuers

Sixty-one dogs and three cats are safe after police say they were rescued from an ammonia-filled Flint, Mich., home where 27 other animals were found dead. In a Facebook post shared Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Flint Township Police Department (FTPD) described executing a search warrant at a residence in the community earlier that morning. "Behind that front door was not a 'bad smell.' It was not 'a few animals in poor condition,'" the department wrote. "It was overwhelming filth. It was toxic air. It was death."