Animal Charity says its noticing a growing trend of false abuse reports.

This all stems from an incident where calls alleging animal cruelty were repeatedly made against one person over the course of years... and in this situation, humane agents say they've never found evidence of irresponsible pet-ownership.

" It started probably a few times a year, but now it has grown to... we probably one or two a day if not more,"  said Jane MacMurchy, the executive director of Animal Charity of Ohio.

The agency says, these so-called "false alarm" calls take attention and resources away from real cases.

"These calls are taking up precious time that we could be responding [to real cases]," said MacMurchy, the executive director of Animal Charity of Ohio. "as well as police not having to be burdened with providing back up and support."

Animal Charity says cases of legitimate animal hoarding and abuse are on the rise but still respond to false calls multiple times per day.

They say many of those calls made in retaliation for neighbor's actions.

"You might be ruining somebody's day or making them upset for false alarms and false calls but what you're doing is putting other animals' lives at risk," Macmurchy said.