Two Colorado women have been charged with over 100 animal abuse charges in connection with the rescue of 115 animals and the discovery of two dead animals in a Northglenn home this past summer.

Patti Joslin, 69, and Dakotah Joslin, 32, are now charged with 11 counts of aggravated animal cruelty, a class-4 felony, and 98 counts of cruelty to animals, a class-1 misdemeanor. The charges stem from tips sent by neighbors to Northglenn police about what police investigators described as "unsanitary, undesirable conditions" inside a home near Wyco Park.

On the morning of July 18, police and animal control officers from several agencies entered the home and removed 96 cats and 19 dogs. That's when they allegedly discovered a dead dog and a dead cat inside.

"We all go in with gas masks and

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