Animal Rescue League workers are in Drakesville, Iowa on Friday after close to 300 living animals and 50 dead animals were found in a home.Workers said they found chickens, rats, mice and other animals, but not a lot of cats or dogs. They also found rabbits, goats and sugar gliders.“The conditions are filthy. Some don’t have food or water,” said Josh Colvin with the ARL.About 30 difference species were found in the home.The owner, Roger Alan Blew, has voluntarily turned over the animals to the ARL.The ARL started removing the animals from the home Friday morning. Crews expected to take at least three truckloads of animals to ARL facilities. Davis County deputies served Friday’s search warrant after Blew was charged with animal cruelty a week earlier in Ottumwa, Iowa, where police found he was driving with 22 animals crammed in the back of his truck.“We found dead ones (animals) in with the live ones, so it was pretty horrendous,” Colvin said.Crews said they found dozens of carcasses scattered inside the home and outside on the lawn.“You could just smell the feces and I’m sure some of the odor was from the deceased animals,” said Robyn Dobernecker, an animal care supervisor at the ARL.Drakesville is a town of about 180 people about 100 miles southeast of Des Moines, near Bloomfield.The ARL said the addition of 300 animals puts a strain on its resources. If you'd like to help out you can donate at the ARL's website.

Animal Rescue League workers are in Drakesville, Iowa on Friday after close to 300 living animals and 50 dead animals were found in a home.

Workers said they found chickens, rats, mice and other animals, but not a lot of cats or dogs. They also found rabbits, goats and sugar gliders.

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“The conditions are filthy. Some don’t have food or water,” said Josh Colvin with the ARL.

About 30 difference species were found in the home.

The owner, Roger Alan Blew, has voluntarily turned over the animals to the ARL.

The ARL started removing the animals from the home Friday morning. Crews expected to take at least three truckloads of animals to ARL facilities.

Davis County deputies served Friday’s search warrant after Blew was charged with animal cruelty a week earlier in Ottumwa, Iowa, where police found he was driving with 22 animals crammed in the back of his truck.

“We found dead ones (animals) in with the live ones, so it was pretty horrendous,” Colvin said.

Crews said they found dozens of carcasses scattered inside the home and outside on the lawn.

“You could just smell the feces and I’m sure some of the odor was from the deceased animals,” said Robyn Dobernecker, an animal care supervisor at the ARL.

Drakesville is a town of about 180 people about 100 miles southeast of Des Moines, near Bloomfield.

The ARL said the addition of 300 animals puts a strain on its resources. If you'd like to help out you can donate at the ARL's website.