Abandoned puppies inside a trailer lead a woman to take action after animal control is a no show. It was an ordinary day for Christina Tracy. She was visiting a friend in the Summer Creek neighborhood, when they heard whimperings coming from an adjacent home.

She entered to find a litter of puppies in deplorable conditions.

"Everywhere you walk, you can almost slip on certain parts of the room because there's literally urine everywhere," Tracy said.

She called animal control, but when they didn't respond after 24 hours, she went to check on the dogs.

In all ten puppies were found inside the trailer home, days later residents returned, three of the puppies were dead, that's when Tracy came to the rescue and took the animals home with her.

Later, Tracy found out she could face legal charges for taking the dogs.

"They told me that I could bring the dogs in, but if I brought them in, there was a possibility that I could get in trouble," she said. "I told them that I wasn't going to bring them in and go to jail."

Later, Animal Control said she could bring the dogs in and they would waive any charges, but after all the hassle, Tracy says she will just find the dogs homes herself.

The Berkeley County Animal Control issued a statement saying, "Our procedure would be to go out and check if animals were there and post an abandonment notice. If in 24 hours the animals were there and there was no response from the owner, we would pick them up," PIO officer, Al Kennedy said.

UPDATE: The Charleston Animal Society has taken the remaining dogs.  If you are interested in adopting one of the animals, click here.