Two charged with 30 counts of animal torture and neglect

2 Iowans charged with dozens of counts of animal torture and neglect

Two people in Iowa are accused of keeping dogs in kennels throughout a home and shed, both reeking of urine and feces from unsanitary conditions.

Two charged with 30 counts of animal torture and neglect

Two people from Iowa City are accused of operating as unlicensed breeders and selling dogs out of a mobile home and shed.

Iowa City couple faces decades in prison for operating unlicensed dog breeding facility

Hunter 08/20/26 Two Iowa City residents face decades in prison after a search warrant of their residence turned up an unlicensed breeding facility, with dogs on site suffering from starvation. The search warrant was executed on July 2nd at the Taft Avenue residence of 34-year-old Rhoda Gorvin and 32-year-old Antonio Polland of the Breckenridge Estates Mobile Home Park for animal welfare concerns. The warrant resulted in the seizure of 32 dogs fr…