Suspected human bones, plus 253 rats and other animals both dead and alive, have been removed from "deplorable conditions" inside an Ohio home. A 45-year-old Ohio man who lived in a Canton home ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – A Stark County couple is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities discovered horrific conditions inside their home, which included hundreds of living and dead rats.

The US does not include within its animal welfare laws and regulations the rats, mice and birds who are subjected to research and testing. The federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was amended in 1970 to ...