Police made a troubling discovery this week when they found a man and woman dead, and approximately 150 cats inside a home in Westchester County. AielloTV reports.
-- Police made a troubling discovery this week when they found a man and woman dead, and approximately 150 cats inside a home inMore than 70 cats were brought to the SPCA of Westchester. The animals were gaunt and suffering a myriad of health problems."Very sad, very puzzling. It's a mystery," said neighbor Patti Pfeifer. Monday, police on a wellness check found the man and woman in their 50s deceased together in a bedroom.
"We determined that there is not foul play involved in that death," said Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble. "Unfortunately most of them are pretty ill with upper respiratory infections, and some are blind from having untreated eye infections," said SPCA of Westchester's Shannon Laukhuf. Cats in hoarding situations are often not well socialized, the SPCA said, but most of the cats removed from the home are affectionate and craving attention.
"We ask the same question. How does it get to this level to have over 150 cats in a home?" said Laukhuf. While rescuers step up care for some of the cats, the SPCA sorely needs donations of money and supplies to handle the largest single rescue in shelter history, the group said. Some of the cats will be ready for adoption starting next week.
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