JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Animal Care and Protective Services said 47 dogs and 15 cats rescued from a Southside home that was in bad shape are not in that great of shape themselves.

One dog is missing an eye. Doctors said they had to remove it.

Another dog has both of his eyes, but he's got cataracts and has problems seeing.

And one cat has an upper respiratory infection.

"There was urine and feces throughout the whole house," said Scott Trebatoski, with Jacksonville's Animal Care and Protective Services. "I was pretty much in every room, and there was not a single room that didn't have urine and feces in it."

Trebatoski is accusing the homeowners of running a puppy mill, breeding the animals for sale.

He said the animals were living in filth and weren't cared for. He said many of them will have to go through some kind of surgery, and others may remain special needs animals for the rest of their lives.

"Some animals couldn't walk normally because their hair was so matted, they couldn't extend their limbs," Trebatoski said.

A lot of the animals were getting shaved, a while one dog was getting shaved, some pieces of metal came out of some of the dog's hair.

Channel 4's Vickie Pierre tried talking to the homeowners, but no one was home. She said she noticed some more animals were still in the home.

Trebatoski said the investigation is far from over. His main concern is giving the animals a new home.

"It's really stressful to the staff to see animals that we all would love as our own home pets basically just shoved in the corner to be breeding animals," he said.