A Gainesville woman is behind bars after authorities said they found seven dogs in "deplorable" conditions at a home on Monday.
Hall County Animal Services officials said an anonymous caller requested a welfare check at the home on Squires Road just off of Athens Highway. When officials arrived at around 9:00 a.m. Monday, they reportedly found the dogs tethered with no shelter or clean water.
"One black and grey husky mix was tethered out and wrapped around a fallen branch so tight he could not move," the report from Hall County Animal Services said.
Animal control officials impounded the animals and took them to the county's animal shelter. The animals' owner, Jennifer Rose Fendley, age 21, was arrested on seven counts of cruelty to animals.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Fendley remained in the Hall County Jail without bond.
