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It's a big job for a central Kentucky humane society trying to nurse back to heath more than a hundred dogs after they were found living in what officials describe as terrible conditions in Casey County.

The dogs were removed from the property in Casey County and taken to Garrard County on Sunday. A Kentucky animal rights group raided a Casey County home after a neighbor found more than 100 dogs living in deplorable conditions earlier in the week.

The raid began around 11 a.m. Sunday. Dozens of volunteers wore decontamination suits as they rescued the more than 100 dogs. Neighbors who first reported the abuse say the dogs had been living in deplorable conditions. Some were covered in feces, urine and maggots. And in a grisly discovery, workers found about a dozen dead dogs in the home's freezer.

Officials say Cheryl Turner owns the animals. She calls the reports of dead dogs untrue and claims that the dogs aren't in bad shape. Turner says she's also lost her job because of the ordeal.

Sue Craig says she threw up when she first discovered the dogs. Now she's just happy something was done.

"I don't even know if there are words to tell you, how good we feel right now. Just to know that these guys are going to get help, they don't have to live in their own filth, they don't have to live without food and water," she said.

All the dogs were taken to the Garrard County Humane Society, where vets took care of the animals in the most dire condition. Volunteers with United Rescues of Kentucky and the Central Kentucky Regional Humane Society documented and cleaned up the dogs.

The animals are being temporarily housed at the Central Kentucky Regional Humane Society in Lancaster. Soon, they will head to different shelters throughout the Bluegrass where they will be put up for adoption.

Investigators say Turner was charged with second degree animal cruelty and faces more charges in the upcoming days.