CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Sixty of 78 dogs seized from a Murray County property three weeks ago have already been placed into “forever homes,” according to a spokeswoman for the Atlanta Humane Society.

“We’ve just had amazing support in getting them into homes,” said Humane Society spokeswoman Christina Hill. “It helped that most of them were small breeds. Obviously, there are a lot of people living in apartments in the Atlanta area, and it’s easier for them to adopt small dogs.”

“We currently have one in active medical treatment at our shelter,” said Hill. “We have 11 in foster care. Those are animals that still need some medical care but don’t need to be in a clinic. And six are currently up for adoption.”

Hill said the Humane Society expects to be able to place all of the dogs in homes.

The Murray County Animal Shelter contacted the Atlanta Humane Society after the dogs were discovered because the number of animals was too large for any local shelter.

Murray County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jimmy Davenport said a report on the case is available and officials are waiting for District Attorney Bert Poston to return from vacation next week to share it with him and discuss possible charges against the dogs’ previous owners.

“I can’t say what all charges are possible but obviously looking at animal cruelty based on neglect,” Poston said at the time the dogs were discovered.

Humane Society officials said several of the dogs had missing eyes, likely as a result of untreated infections.

Davenport said at the time that Murray County Animal Control received a tip about the property and reached out to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office got a search warrant for the property, which is about an acre, and searched it.

At that point, the animals were confined to the property until authorities could figure out where to place them. Davenport said a man and a woman whom he believes to be husband and wife own the property.

Davenport said after the search warrant was issued but before the property was searched the female owner of the property called animal control to surrender the dogs.

All of the dogs were checked to see if they had been microchipped by an owner. None had been.