Animal control workers removed more than a dozen dogs and puppies believed to have been used in a dog fighting ring from a Philadelphia home early Tuesday.
Officials from the Pennsylvania SPCA tell NBC10 that a call came in around 11 p.m. Monday about the home along the 2200 block of Mifflin Street in South Philadelphia. Police entered the home and found no one inside, but discovered the animals left in poor conditions.
All Pit bulls -- the eight puppies and five adult canines -- were either chained to radiators or kept in filthy cages, officials said.
Some of the animals had visible injuries and one Pit bull was missing an eye. Investigators also found blood and a treadmill inside the rowhome, officials said.
Officials believe people were breeding and training for dog fighting going on at the house for the past couple of years, but say the actual fighting may have been happening at another place.
Police are looking for the homeowner, who may be at work, as well as a few other suspects.
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