House Of Filth: Nearly 100 Cats Found In NJ Home

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

SPCA Officials Stunned After 2 Feet Of Feces Found In Room Of House Located In Million-Dollar Community

CHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) ― One New Jersey SPCA official said it was probably the worst case he's ever seen. Nearly 100 cats and one dog were found Thursday living in a home in a million-dollar neighborhood in Morris County.

SPCA spokesman Matthew Stanton said there was 2 feet of feces in one room of the home on Farm Road in Chester Township. Investigators wore masks to help them breathe through the stench of urine, Stanton said.

"The conditions were absolutely horrific - there wasn't one inch of the house that wasn't covered in feces or urine," SPCA Lt. Rick Yocum says. "There were three foot piles of feces in the hallways.

"It was one of the worst houses I've ever entered into," Yocum says.

Twenty felines were taken to a veterinarian on Thursday. The remaining animals were expected to be removed Friday.

"These people are not horrible people - their lifestyle went out of control," Yocum says. "She's obviously a hoarder."

"For hoarders, the animal is the most important thing," SPCA Superintendent Frank Rizzo says. "More important than their own health."

The SPCA will spend the next two weeks finding homes for the remaining 70 cats still inside, while these rescued cats are being treated for upper respiratory problems.

Oughton has been charged with 93 counts of improperly sheltering an animal. Investigators say they don't want any jail time because they realize this was simply a good deed that got out of hand.

For anyone interested in adopting any of the cats, visit the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at www.njspca.org.

http://wcbstv.com/local/spca.cats.morris.2.969367.html

[Niels Bohr 72]

Mags, you can ban MISTER BILL for posting this

[Nagishkaw 510]

[Ban Hammer 14,788]

i heard the owner was in deep chit for this

[Amby 490]

holy sh*t :o

[mawilson 2,133]

Mags' NJ vacation home?

[I'm Gone 60]

"It was one of the worst houses I've ever entered into," Yocum says.

So what was the worst house? Were the people were keeping elephants? LOL

[AlHayatZween 2]

Eeeew...

Why does this happen? And more importantly, why does it always seem to happen in Jersey?

[MissStacey 1]

There was a similar story in Edmonton about 10 years ago. One of my friends was an SPCA Constable at the time (she's RCMP now) and had to go in. She said she had never seen anything so vile and disgusting in her life. All the cats, well the ones that were still alive had to be put down and the house was condemned and torn down.

[PlatyPius 5]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

[Ban Hammer 14,788]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

i knew it wouldn't be long before you had a baker's dozen.

[I'm Gone 60]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

So have many bottles of Febreze and cans of Glade do you go through in a weeks? LOL

Edited March 29, 2009 by I Quit

[PlatyPius 5]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

So have many bottles of Febreze and cans of Glade do you go through in a weeks? LOL

18 Glade plug-ins, 6 bottles of Febreze, 18 scented candles, 4 incense burners, and 4 automatic sprayer thingies.

And that's just to deal with my horrid gas.....

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

Mags is one unfortunate accident away (on your part) from being the crazy cat lady.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Has Mags mentioned that she found 2 more cats in the garage recently, so we now have 13 cats in the house???

So have many bottles of Febreze and cans of Glade do you go through in a weeks? LOL

18 Glade plug-ins, 6 bottles of Febreze, 18 scented candles, 4 incense burners, and 4 automatic sprayer thingies.

And that's just to deal with my horrid gas.....