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Fourteen dogs found sick, matted, and covered in feces inside a Phoenix rental home are now in urgent need of foster families as they recover. The Arizona Humane Society said investigators were called to a VRBO short-term rental property on September 5, 2026, after reports that several dogs had been abandoned when their owner checked out.
When animal cruelty investigators arrived, they found the 14 dogs living in what the humane society described as horrific conditions, malnourished and matted with urine and feces.
They also discovered three dead puppies inside the home’s freezer. All 14 surviving dogs were immediately taken to the Arizona Humane Society’s Lazin Animal Foundation Trauma Hospital for emergency treatment…