UPDATE: Citations issued in east side animal cruelty case

Update Aug. 3 : The city’s prosecutor’s office issued 7 citations on Tuesday for an animal cruelty case in east El Paso. That includedmicrochip, vaccination, and registration violations.

The spokesman for the city’s animal services, Ramon Hererra, says most of the 15 dogs taken from the home are doing well. He tells ABC-7 most of them are friendly.

The dogs were found dehydrated and many of them had ticks. All of them had some kind of skin irritation, most likely from urine and fecal matter.

Click hereto see some photos of some of the dogs that were rescued.

Original Story: Animal control officers removed 15 dogs from a home at 2704 Fierro Drive where more than 50 dogs were seized three years ago, said Ramon Herrera, a spokesman with the city.

Herrera confirms the situation is being investigated as an animal hoarding case. He said some of the animals appear to be underweight and there are a lot of animal feces on the property.

“You can hear them at night barking and in the morning barking,” said Richard Madigral, who lives in the neighborhood.

An anonymous call complaining of a strong odor led officers to the house. An ABC-7 photographer says he could smell the penetrating stench from across the street.

Arlene Brown was the woman cited during the first hoarding investigation. According to investigators, Brown is now facing 44 violations and a possible cruelty charge. She will also be placed on a city animal adoption watch list.

According to ABC-7 archives, Animal Control personnel seized more than 50 dogs at the same home in July 2013. “I can’t even describe the smell. It was kind of sickening,” a neighbor told ABC-7 back then.