An Alabama district attorney says a couple who had 29 dogs seized from their property earlier this month should be responsible for paying adoption and boarding expenses.

On July 1, Lauderdale County sheriffs and animal control seized the dogs from the property of Steven Reynolds and Teresa Counce on County Road 6, according to court documents.

Four puppies were born later while the dogs were in the custody of the Florence-Lauderdale Animal Shelter.

Court documents say the dogs were pregnant with these puppies on or before July 1.

Alabama District Attorney Christopher Connolly filed a lawsuit on July 23, asking a judge to allow the dogs to be adopted and adding that the pair should be responsible for all “reasonable expenses” related to the dogs’ boarding and care.

“Teresa Counce and Steven Reynolds are not suited to care for the dogs and are not fit to have the dogs returned to them,” the complaint reads.

Counce and Reynolds had 82 dogs confiscated from their house in January that were found in crates “restricting their movement and causing them to lay in their own feces and urine while some of the dogs were not provided access to food and water,” according to court documents.

Connolly’s complaint says that the dogs seized this month were found in a shed in “similar deplorable conditions.”

Local authorities have launched a criminal investigation into Counce and Reynolds, according to court documents.

Pending court approval, anyone interested in fostering one of the dogs must fill out this form from Florence Lauderdale Animal Services.