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SAINT JOHN - New Brunswick's SPCA uncovered three cases of apparent animal neglect over the weekend involving a total of nearly 100 animals.

In the most alarming of the three, five full-grown Boxer dogs and 30 chickens were found dead Saturday on a property in the Restigouche area.

Marguerite Diotte, Animal Protection Officer for Restigouche County, discovered the dogs in a shed with blood on their noses and mouths.

The cause of their death is still unknown and a necropsy, an autopsy for animals, has been ordered on the dogs.

Diotte said the SPCA was still working to track down the owners of the animals, but added that there are charges that could result.

In a separate incident Saturday, a total of 36 young dogs were recovered from a puppy mill in the Bathurst area after a warrant was executed with the RCMP.

Paul Melanson, chief inspector with the New Brunswick SPCA, said the dogs are in various stages of health, with some suffering from frostbite, malnutrition and bite wounds.

The dogs were Bernese Mountain, a retriever-cross, huskies and a variety of mixed breeds.

The SPCA also removed three dogs and 20 pigs over the weekend from a property in Madawaska.

Melanson said the pigs have frostbite and that one of the dogs was emaciated.