'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 cannibalism5.39.217.76' O* P S8 ]2 d- o
) t4 H7 t# b6 U! D1 ^9 |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。A retired New Jersey teacher is facing multiple counts of animal cruelty charges after authorities recovered 36 dead cats from her home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 V1 r. h& a4 y, o2 W
Lorraine R. Smith, 65, will be fined a maximum of $1,000 for each of the 36 counts after the dead animals were discovered lying in one-feet of their own faeces at her Bradley Beach property.
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Responding to a 2 a.m fire alarm call at the La Reine Avenue home, emergency services and Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) entered the property in Hazmat suits to protect themselves from the decomposing remains
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9 m5 n6 |/ `7 k& OThe skeleton of a decomposed cat is visible in this gruesome picture from a home in Bradley Beach, New Jersey where 35 other cats were found dead! ^% D5 v- Y/ B D
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I) R" X* d. h$ C公仔箱論壇Buddy 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, 27
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'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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" K7 m- T/ L9 B b5.39.217.76'It looked like a lot of the animals were cannibalising one another.
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'I have been doing this for ten years and out of ten this was ten plus,.
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* H' i. o, _' `公仔箱論壇'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.'5 v" s" ~+ R! Z- N- T( C
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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.Com
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The disgusting interior of the home in Bradley Beach where 36 cats died公仔箱論壇, l# `0 i, s, V& `
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: R" z0 o4 d7 g2 z$ QThe house in Bradley Beach where 36 decomposing cats were found by authorities
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! h) r" _! c2 ]8 a. T; Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSplitting 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.& S/ R9 t2 e4 j/ F' n
8 ~+ b+ m& H! P! s8 \! T* ~3 u2 F& ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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/ l1 [. A& e+ W* _
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'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.
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) R3 F& a% }9 s+ ^9 F# K5.39.217.76Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chief Victor 'Buddy' Amato speaks to the media outside the Bradley Beach propertytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# U. n) c/ x I9 S* n# l K6 [
! V' r8 d4 J& STVBNOW 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。Smith, who is co-operating with authorities will go before a municipal court judge sometime next month.5.39.217.76: B( Q! i1 k) A4 h) f# q) @4 p9 {
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'I spoke to the suspect and informed her she was going to be charged,' said Amato., g* C* U: e- l8 X* E0 u
6 l2 z0 P% s# X$ \8 X& jWith a decade of experience behind him, Amato was sympathetic towards Smith.& O" Z- L' J: j* @3 _+ O- w" j P
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'These are not bad people,' said Amato.
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, J* z( V; D0 D- d" {4 }$ @公仔箱論壇'They have good intention, but then they get overwhelmed and begin to get desensitised to what is going on.
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Victor Caponegro, the next door neighbor from the home at 511 LaReine Ave. in Bradley Beach speaks to the media about the dead catsTVBNOW 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。9 A* ^6 E, Z* ]! X1 p' X
( n- ?. O; I- T: K0 \2 q'I think taking care of her mother became a priority over taking care of the animals.'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。3 S1 ^' }# U/ S/ ?( \. y. w
) U6 s* f, s/ O& D2 G* D6 M" |Neighbours were not surprised that the house had harboured such a chaotic situation.
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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.'
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' ?" ^& ]. _8 \- Y* e+ bAnother neighbour called Betty was shocked.
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'I don't understand how a person can just walk away from a house full of cats.' |
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