thedesertsun.com | Animal cruelty charges mulled in grim dog find: "While looking around the structure, deputies checked underneath a pile of boards and found the dogs, Boyles said.
'It was one of the worst things I've come across,' he said, adding that the mother dog died soon after responding deputies found her puppies.
'It was almost like she held on long enough to make sure her puppies would be cared for,' he said."