Police and animal control found the dogs chained up around an abandoned farmhouse on Tuesday.
"These dogs would have been dead within a few days if we had not rescued them," animal control officer Larraine Mandeville said.
Officials also discovered five dead dogs in a freshly dug grave near the farmhouse. Officials believed those dogs may have been killed Saturday in a dogfight.
Several of the dogs had bite marks, scars and one even had a broken leg. Authorities also found dogfighting paraphernalia in the farmhouse.
Paul Dupree, 40, and 23-year-old Clifton Ellis Jr. were each charged with two counts of felony cruelty to animals.
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