Puppies Trapped In Dirty Backyard Are So Happy To See Their Rescuers

When authorities arrived at a property in Ellis County, Texas, earlier this month, it must have seemed like a menagerie of misery: 15 puppies, six dogs and three pigeons all in varying states of suffering.

"The best way to describe the situation is neglect," Maura Davies of the SPCA of Texas.

The puppies were living in especially dire conditions. They were crammed into a tiny enclosed area with only some scattered dry food and a bucket of filthy water.