Hundreds of animals reportedly mistreated at Franklin County pet store

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- The Franklin County Humane Society is looking for help after deputies found 200 plus animals reportedly being mistreated at a pet store.

Saturday afternoon deputies say they found the animals locked inside back woods pets on Louisville Road without food and water.

The Humane Society and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife helped get the animals out of the store.

Deputies say, inside they smelled a bad ammonia smell and saw rats in one cage eating a dead rat.

The Humane Society says it’ll need people to foster the animals while the criminal investigation continues.