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Video Credit: (ASPCA)   Worth County Sheriffs’ officials, assisted by animal welfare workers, rescued nearly 170 dogs Monday from a Northern Iowa “puppy mill” after its owner resisted attempts to correct “appalling” conditions there, authorities said. The Worth County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant early Monday at the property. Workers examined the dogs — all Samoyeds in breed — and transported them to an undisclosed location to receive care. No criminal charges were announced. The dogs were discovered “living in appalling and overcrowded conditions and exhibiting signs of neglect with no access to clean water,” the Sheriff’s Office and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) said in a news release.