Arizona man froze nearly 200 animals in garage freezer

Some of the animals found by authorities in Mohave County, including dogs, rabbits, birds and others, were frozen alive

An Arizona man faces animal cruelty charges after 183 dead dogs, rabbits, birds and other animals were found in a freezer, including some that were apparently frozen while alive, officials said.

Mohave county deputies and animal control officers found the animals in a garage freezer on 3 April after a woman reported that Michael Patrick Turland, 43, hadn't returned snakes she'd lent him for breeding, the sheriff's office said Thursday in a statement. The freezer was at a home that Turland previously rented in Golden Valley, a rural community in far western Arizona.