Charges filed weeks after nearly 250 dogs found living in cages, trash on Kentucky property

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky State Police filed animal cruelty charges against a Kentucky man and woman weeks after nearly 250 dogs were rescued from their property.

KSP said Wednesday Michael York, 34, and Natasha York, 34, were charged with second-degree cruelty to animals and failing to have the dogs vaccinated against rabies.

Volunteers found the 224 dogs ranging from Chihuahuas to Rottweilers, some just weeks old and others senior dogs — packed in cages, hiding under cars and living among trash on the Yorks’ roughly five-acre wooded property along the Adair and Metcalfe county line…

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