Officials believe the animals may have been used for dog fighting.
Investigators say this was a sickening, yet sophisticated training operation for dog fighting, and three men from Wyandanch are being arraigned this afternoon, on multiple felony counts related to animal cruelty.
It's a scenario that's shocked even those who are veterans of animal rescues - two little kittens with legs bound in rubber bands apparently used as bait for pit bull fighting in the Bay Area.
A Chicago man is accused of holding dog fights at his home in the 6300-block of S. Throop on the city's South Side.
There's good news in the case of a rescued puppy that suffered a terrible case of animal cruelty.