The animal group has rescued and sheltered almost 1,200 animals that were lost in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, but 50 dogs wound up at a ranch that was raided over the weekend by the Baxter County Sheriff in Gamaliel, Arkansas.

The dogs were mostly pit bulls being sent to what Pasado's thought was a reputable shelter known for handling pit bulls. When Pasado's volunteers arrived with the dogs last week, a spokesperson for Pasado's says they were shown ranch land that could handled the 50 dogs.

Instead, the dogs were place with hundreds of other dogs in a small two acre parcel of land.

When sheriff deputies arrived on Friday, they found 451 dogs either caged or roaming at the "Every Dog Needs a Home Animal Rescue and Sanctuary."

Rescuers from other agencies describe the stench as almost unbearable. Dogs were stuffed into cages with many lying in their own feces and urine say rescuers.

"Just unbelievable, the unsanitary conditions these animals were living in is beyond words," said Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery.

The sanctuary's owners, William and Tammy Hanson were arrested for animal cruelty. The husband and wife have posted bond but are not allowed back onto their property.

"A lot of these animals that were released to this woman were warned that this is what it was like and they didn't listen," said Desiree Bender. She belongs to a local animal rescue group that is accusing Pasado's Safe Haven and other groups of not doing their homework before sending the dogs to EDNAH.

"Some how we've all been duped," said Kim Sgro, the volunteer who set up the transfer to EDNAH for Pasado's Safe Haven. She defends her group's actions and denies the homework accusation.

Pasado's claims it has successfully placed 1,200 animals from Katrina in shelters for adoption or in places where owners can pick them up. In this case, it relied on a contact of billionaire T. Boone Pickens who is paying for many of Katrina's pet rescues and relocations.

Sgro says that contact told all rescuers that the EDNAH was legitimate place to temporarily house the dogs.

Sgro was also told by the North Central Humane Society that they had concerns placing the dogs at EDNAH but officials did not elaborate to her the nature of those concerns.

"There were potentially hundreds of animals already on this complex prior to the Katrina animals arrival and where these prior animals came from and who else has been duped in this process remains to be found" says Sgro.

The Baxter Bulletin is reporting that Tammy Hansen believe the bust was political. She told the paper that she runs a "no kill" facility and that the local Humane Society kills unadoptable animals.

Pickens is planning to send transport to move most of the dogs to other shelters on Tuesday. The co-founder of Pasado's Safe Haven Mark Steinway is at the ranch to supervise the move.