Kennel owner faces 101 counts of neglect

COLUMBUS - Police seized dozens of small dogs from a Columbus kennel this week and have charged the owner with 101 counts of animal neglect for allegedly packing the pups into pens littered with dog waste. <br> <br> Estelle Ledford, 69, owned the kennel and was housing nearly a hundred small dogs such as Chihuahuas, poodles and yorkies. Investigators found the dogs crammed together and left in the cold. Their water had turned to ice. <br> <br> Animal Control says two dogs were so sick they had to be euthanized, but the rest did not appear to be in bad health. <br> <br> Police say the story has a happy ending, though. Nearly all the dogs have been adopted after a Columbus radio station aired the story earlier this week. <br> <br> And two of the dogs gave birth to healthy puppies on Christmas Day in the city dog pound.

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