LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Two members of an animal rescue group will serve time for keeping nearly 300 dogs and cats in squalid conditions, a judge decided Thursday.

Alexia Selma Tiraki-Kyrklund, 40, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and Gloria Yvette Ramos, also 40, was sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation for felony animal cruelty, said Deputy District Attorney Mark Burnley.

"I'm very pleased with the judge's sentence, I thought it was very appropriate given the facts," Burnley said.

A defense motion to grant the women bail while their conviction is appealed was denied by Judge Jesse Rodriguez.

On Dec. 3, a Long Beach Superior Court jury convicted the two of three counts of felony animal cruelty stemming from the discovery of nearly 300 dogs and cats at Noah's Ark Animal Rescue.

Tiraki-Kyrklund and Ramos were both officers in the nonprofit animal rescue group.

Jurors deadlocked on two other animal cruelty charges against the women and convicted Tiraki-Kyrklund alone of a misdemeanor Long Beach Municipal Code violation.

They were acquitted of eight other charges.

Both women return to court Jan. 31 for a restitution hearing. They owe the city an estimated $94,000 for the costs of boarding and feeding the animals seized in the raid, Burnley said.

In August 2006, a Long Beach police officer responding to a silent alarm at a warehouse in the 1300 block of Redondo Avenue smelled a foul odor and heard dogs barking, police said.

Animal control officers found 152 dogs and 147 cats inside the building, and a state-licensed veterinarian determined that the conditions were detrimental to the animals' health and safety, prosecutors said.

Defense Attorney Todd Krauss argued that most of the animals had been in poor health when they were rescued from other facilities and that his clients "didn't do anything wrong."

"They did what they were supposed to do for the animals in caring for them," he said.