The Pennsylvania Game Commission has charged a man in Washington County with having three wolf-dog hybrids at his home.

The animals were discovered last August during a raid of his home after which the animal owner, Frederick A. Frameli, 68, was charged with animal cruelty.

The Observer-Reporter newspaper writes Frameli is appealing those charges.

But now the game commission has added new charges relating to the wolf-dog hybrids that have been traced to a breeder in Ohio, according to published reports.

Background from KDKA:

The three wolf hybrids were among nearly a dozen animals seized from the raided home in Bentleyville in August. The Pennsylvania Game Commission says many of the animals were mistreated.

"Any wolf hybrid is illegal in Pennsylvania under Title 34 of the Game and Wildlife Code," a game commission officer was quoted as saying at the time.