Dozens of animals kept at rescue centre in their own urine and faeces in worst conditions RSPCA inspectors said they have ever seen Dozens of animals left in filthy conditions at Crunchy's Animal Rescue Owner Angela Russell and five members of her family were found guilty of mistreating the animals at the centre in Oxfordshire Judge said it was 'rescue centre from which animals needed to be rescued' A family of six, who ran a rescue centre where dozens of animals were kept in the worst conditions RSPCA inspectors have seen, have been convicted of cruelty yesterday. Dogs, cats, rabbits, ponies and other animals lived in filthy kennels covered in their own urine and faeces at Crunchy's Animal Rescue, in Longworth, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. District judge Tim Pattinson said Crunchy's was a 'rescue centre from which animals needed to be rescued'. Dogs, including pet Golden Retriever Winston (left), were kept in appalling conditions at Crunchy's Rescue Centre. The owners were convicted of mistreating the animals on Monday Animals were kept in kennels filled with faeces, urine and mud Angela Russell, 44, and her father Frederick, 81, were found guilty of 16 charges of animal welfare offences each. Her son Robert, 25, and daughters Louise, 22 , and Kirsty, 20 and niece Abigail McHugh, 21, were all also found guilty of mistreating the animals. The family will be sentenced next month. RSPCA inspectors rescued 29 dogs, 13 horses and a number of chickens, goats, cats, and ducks during a raid in January 2012. Some of the animals had been entrusted to the rescue centre temporarily by their owners. A golden retriever, named Winston, had not been provided with adequate food or parasitic control and was found lying in faeces in a filthy kennel. His owner had paid for her beloved pet to be cared for six months while she was having medical treatment. District judge Pattinson said: 'Crunchy's was an animal disaster, a sea of mud and faeces containing shocking and dangerous hazards. 'In short, it was a rescue centre from which animals needed to be rescued,' according to the BBC. Winston was malnourished and had lived in his own faeces and urine after being left at the centre by his owner Winston's owner had entrusted him to the centre while she had medical treatment and his health improved after they were reunited Kirsty Withnall, the RSPCA deputy chief inspector in charge of the case, said: 'What we found were filthy, disgusting conditions where animals were being kept amongst all sorts of hazardous items without food and water. We visited as soon as we received complaints about the welfare of the animals and were shocked by what we found. Many of these animals had been entrusted to the care of the defendants by loving owners. Instead of the care promised, the animals were left in dirty, broken down buildings without vet treatment where it was needed or access to basic care. Anyone who sets themselves up as an establishment to look after animals has a duty to meet their needs and this duty was woefully neglected by the defendants. Some of the animals, including a shih-tzu dog with an eye condition, a duck and a turkey were in such a bad condition that they had to be put down. Jonathan Coode, prosecuting for the RSPCA, had told the court: 'It is our case that for years none of the defendants did anything to improve the conditions and when the RSPCA finally stepped in, some of the worst conditions that most of the witnesses have ever experienced were discovered. One of the most shocking aspects of this case is a dog cowering in a cage. In front of it is effectively a termite mound, almost taller than it, of piled-up faeces. RSPCA inspectors said animals were left without proper food, bedding or veterinary treatment This goat was kept in a broken trailer and a horse was also found dead in the rescue centre He said an area where four puppies were found living among rubbish in a caravan had 'the most appalling stench' of faeces and urine. A horse found lying dead under an old pick-up truck roof had died of Yew tree poisoning and also had bits of tarpaulin and other rubbish in its stomach. The RSPCA suspected the Russells had tried to hide it and were planning to secretly bury it. The rescue centre was set up in 2006 and had four trustees. Mr Coode told the court in Bicester: 'We say the 16 charges before the court are essentially sample allegations involving 50 of the 95 animals that were seized over the weekend of 20, 21 and 22 January last year. There could have been many, many more charges but those instructing me for the RSPCA distilled the charges into the sample counts. He said matters went back to 2008 when the charity's concerns were first raised at the situation at Crunchy's, in Longworth, Oxon. This dog was one of dozens of animals rescued from the centre in January last year 'On more than one occasion witnesses have had dealings with those at Crunchy's and warnings were given about standards of care of the animals. 'I'm referring to the circumstances in which animals were being kept there and lack of veterinary care; in the case of equines, the lack of care from a farrier. 'It's the opinion of the farrier that some of the equines had not been treated for months, if not years. Dogs were kept in kennels in which the floor was covered in mud and faeces and urine, with inadequate bedding, inadequate food, inadequate water. The water that was in many of those kennels was filthy. Some animals were found in areas containing rubbish, bundles of barbed wire, metal frames from burned mattresses and rusting cars. A number of the animals had skin conditions which had not been treated. The family was ordered to return to Oxford Magistrates" Court to be sentenced.