'It was just a nightmare': 36 dead pets found in 'crazy cat lady's' home covered in one foot of excrement and showing signs of cannibalism
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5 s4 H$ ~" ], U0 O/ N公仔箱論壇A retired New Jersey teacher is facing multiple counts of animal cruelty charges after authorities recovered 36 dead cats from her home. q/ D) `" P* |$ x s. r
Lorraine R. Smith, 65, will be fined a maximum of $1,000 for each of the 36 counts after the dead animals were discovered lying in one-feet of their own faeces at her Bradley Beach property.5.39.217.764 g/ x. {' M& @3 T! o0 a, G
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Responding to a 2 a.m fire alarm call at the La Reine Avenue home, emergency services and Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) entered the property in Hazmat suits to protect themselves from the decomposing remains
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The skeleton of a decomposed cat is visible in this gruesome picture from a home in Bradley Beach, New Jersey where 35 other cats were found dead
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) e6 X) s4 e) |, ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBuddy Amato, Chief of Police for Monmouth County SPCA observes the exterior of a home at 511 LaReine Ave. in Bradley Beach, where a number of dead cats were found on Sunday, May, 275.39.217.76/ G) V4 \, a: ^+ l, I
1 y7 M, f0 ^" x9 h4 t'When I went into the house it was just a nightmare,' said Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chief Victor ‘‘Buddy’’ Amato.
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: C5 b7 |! t: f1 K'It looked like a lot of the animals were cannibalising one another.
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0 ]- `5 b [9 V+ X" \% H, D4 V0 c公仔箱論壇'I have been doing this for ten years and out of ten this was ten plus,.
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7 v- g5 k$ T, J, U5 g9 }( H2 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Even with hazmat suits on we could only stay inside the property for 15 minutes at a stretch and there are remains of the cats and faeces up to a foot high inside.'# D0 U9 j Q4 ~8 k' ~
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Bradley Beach Police Chief Leonard A. Guida explained that police and fire officials arrived at the three storey La Reine Avenue home because of the fire alarm call, but instead found the house covered with dead cats.
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'I suspect the fire alarm possibly was set off because of the odor of decaying cats,' said Guida according to APP.ComTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 D; [" O5 s7 Z% G: |
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3 t. W/ ~$ J. M% W" K0 ]8 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe house in Bradley Beach where 36 decomposing cats were found by authorities
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* h3 |) ~8 v( jTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Splitting her time between the Bradley Beach property and her sick mother in the nearby town of Neptune, Smith told investigators that she could not keep up with the demands of owning 36 cats./ j2 [- L Y% p8 ?
5 N' }: \+ j ^" i# U4 n5 E$ [. d$ M'She left the cats to fend for herself at the La Reine Avenue property while she was with her mother,' said Amato.5.39.217.76, ~8 \1 b/ v" g4 J6 h1 X/ P- y
. L: a7 Y6 e& G' M: l3 |/ F8 j& z5.39.217.76'The demands of looking after the cats and her mother was too much and so when they began to die from negelct she left them inside the home.
2 \3 |1 Q& c# R4 y' Z$ O8 _'We estimate that the cats had been fending for themselves for up to one year.'
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% I8 N8 V4 H% M- q% x0 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMonmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chief Victor 'Buddy' Amato speaks to the media outside the Bradley Beach property
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Smith, who is co-operating with authorities will go before a municipal court judge sometime next month.4 r* P5 |9 V( d* w9 O6 _
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'I spoke to the suspect and informed her she was going to be charged,' said Amato.
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With a decade of experience behind him, Amato was sympathetic towards Smith.
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'These are not bad people,' said Amato.公仔箱論壇/ @6 d u4 _. \( s# f" ]
) R, ~! g3 a, G' ~5 G5.39.217.76'They have good intention, but then they get overwhelmed and begin to get desensitised to what is going on.
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& a8 W! B' ?4 X5 r/ ~Victor Caponegro, the next door neighbor from the home at 511 LaReine Ave. in Bradley Beach speaks to the media about the dead cats
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'I think taking care of her mother became a priority over taking care of the animals.'
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Neighbours were not surprised that the house had harboured such a chaotic situation.5.39.217.768 Q, k0 V! S6 g$ p1 D" E, r
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'I have complained a number of times to the town of Bradley Beach to say there is an odour and she is not cutting her grass,' said Victor Caponegro.'TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- P8 E/ V* I& s, l5 i" w' R9 @2 N' T
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Another neighbour called Betty was shocked.5 A7 `7 w5 U/ Z& r. m ?" @/ z
9 m" h0 B% Z9 c5 x* J# c$ ^) t6 f'I don't understand how a person can just walk away from a house full of cats.' |
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