HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — Nothing seemed out of the ordinary outside the house on Barrett Street in Havre de Grace, but inside the home, deputies discovered dogs crammed together in filthy cages suffering for lack of water and proper care.

“The floors and walls were caked in filth and waste,” said Ariel Lefkovits, part of the initial rescue team, “So many of the dogs have matting, have severe dental disease. Some of them are severely emaciated.”

With the county’s shelter already full, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office notified the Humane World for Animals, formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States, to help rescue the terriers.

“We had to turn to an outside organization here in order to bring in a team,” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, “They brought in 30, I bel

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