Mich. man who had more than 100 live dogs, dead dogs in freezer is charged

Mich. man who had more than 100 dogs is charged

DETROIT — A 56-year-old man found in a Detroit-area house with more than 100 living and 150 dead dogs has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Thursday charged Kenneth Lang Jr. with one count related to the living dogs and the second for the dead dogs. He faces up to four years in prison on each felony count if convicted.

Worthy said some of the dead dogs were emaciated from poor nutrition and some may have been euthanized with an injection to the heart.

Authorities removed the dogs, mostly Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes, from the Dearborn house in July.

Defense attorney James Schmier says Lang is obsessive compulsive and needs to be treated, not punished.