Authorities: 27 Dogs Winning In Deplorable Conditions

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man has been taken into custody after authorities say they found more than two dozen dogs living in deplorable conditions. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/29Hxzpi ) 57-year-old John Lowery was charged over the weekend with animal cruelty and his house was condemned after authorities found 27 dachshunds living on the property Saturday. Roy Gross of the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says the dogs were living amid urine and feces in the home. Gross says the home isn't habitable by humans or animals. Officials made the discovery after firefighters and police responded to a reported fire at the home. Lowery is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 2. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment.