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By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer Updated 6:16 PM Thursday, April 28, 2011

HAMILTON TWP. — Several dogs and cats living in squalor were rescued from a home here and the owner was charged with several counts of animal cruelty.

Police have charged Gayle Murad, 48, 10152 S. Ohio 48, with 10 counts of animal cruelty, after police, the Warren County dog warden and health department executed a search warrant Wednesday at her home.

Hamilton Twp. police Maj. Scott Carlton said they rescued seven dogs and three cats, but another seven cats escaped.

“The house has been condemned it was so bad,” he said. “The house was just covered in animal feces, garbage, rotting, everything.”

Carlton said the three cats are ill and infected with worms and, likely would have to be euthanized. He was unsure about the condition of the dogs. All the animals were taken to the Warren County Humane Society.

Murad was booked into the Warren County Jail, but was released around 2 p.m. on her own recognizance, according to jail records.

Contact this reporter at (513) 696-4525 or dcallahan@coxohio.com.

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