COLUMBIA, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities have removed more than 300 animals from a shelter in south central Kentucky and charged the owner with animal cruelty.

Sheriff's deputies in Adair County raided the Clean Slate Animal Rescue in Columbia on Friday. They rescued dogs, cats, chickens and goats from the center that was set up to give rescued animals a temporary home.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the shelter's owner, David Floyd Howery, is facing 195 counts of second-degree animal cruelty.

Police say they found dead animals next to live ones and feces and urine contaminated the rooms. They say Howery and his elderly father were living in the building with the animals.

Howery could face additional counts of animal cruelty. He is being held in the Adair County Regional Jail on a $1,500 full cash bond.