“Operation Open Cage” started earlier this month when investigators were contacted by animal control officers who reported a hoarding situation in the hamlet of Miller Place on Long Island, prosecutors say.
In this image provided by the ASPCA, numerous birds stand in and around enclosures where nearly 300 rabbits, birds and other animals were rescued from a home in Miller Place, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 18, 2022, on New York's Long Island. The owner of the home, Karin Keyes, 51, was charged with multiple counts of cruel confinement of animals, prosecutors announced and charged a self-help book author with cruel confinement of animals, prosecutors announced.
Officers wearing hazardous material suits found a total of 118 rabbits, 150 birds, 15 cats, seven tortoises, three snakes and several mice living among filth, many surrounded by their own feces and urine and covered with cockroaches, the district attorney said. Teams from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals helped the district attorney's Biological, Environmental and Animal Safety Team and local officers in removing and transporting the animals to animal welfare organizations around New York for medical care.
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