TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- Last week, Kimi Peck was served an eviction notice to her Tehachapi home that she is renting and that means she and her hundreds of dogs must be out by Thursday.

“The plan will be that I will turn them over to (Animal Control Director) Guy Shaw (Thursday) morning,” Peck said. “He will turn them over to the Humane Society, ensuring me that none of the dogs will be euthanized.”

Shaw confirmed that Thursday at 9 a.m., nearly 150 dogs will be removed from Peck’s property and then rescued out.

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“I now have the opportunity to find these animals a great home,” Peck said. “I have no problem releasing them, I’m thrilled.”

But others, like Julie Feiner, who won a $28,000 judgment against Peck in March after a Los Angeles judge determined Peck stole Feiner’s two Chihuahuas, disagrees.

“She’s an animal hoarder,” Feiner said. “What I want to see is her shut down. She should never own another animal. In her mind, a typical hoarder mind, she believes that they’re better off with her.”

Peck denied any wrongdoing though.

“That’s a lie,” Peck told ABC23. “The only reason she has a judgment is because I was too sick to drive down to Pasadena and show up in court. That’s the only reason.”

Peck said she would adopt the dogs out, but she can’t because she does not have a conditional use permit.

“Do people know (that) I’m not allowed to adopt them out?” Peck asked. “What do you mean hoarding? If I’m not allowed to adopt them out, what am I supposed to do with them?”

And while Thursday over a hundred dogs will be removed from the property, Feiner hopes more will be done to prevent Peck from owning this many pets ever again.

“Why is her web site up and operating right now when she is violating every law?” Feiner said to ABC23. “She doesn’t have a kennel license, where is the coordination between departments to shut her down?”

Now, Peck did say she applied for a conditional use permit in May which county administrators did verify. That hearing is scheduled for Aug. 12.

As for Feiner, she said she would like to push for stricter legislation to prevent animal hoarding in Kern County.