YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A couple was found dead in a “dilapidated” Westchester County “hoarding house” this week surrounded by 150 starving cats, some of them trapped in the walls, animal rescuers said Friday as they urgently seek help with their “largest rescue” ever.
Yorktown police make the shocking discovery Monday as they conducted a wellness check on the man and woman at their home on Cordial Road.
While no foul play is suspected, the investigation was complicated by the fact there were 150 cats living in the cluttered house.
Yorktown Police Department Chief Robert Noble told WABC he was “surprised people could live inside with the conditions present.”
As the investigation into their deaths continues, SPCA Westchester sent out a plea for help on social media, calling this cat rescue the “largest rescue in our history.”
The SPCA Westchester described a “horrific scene where 150 cats were discovered living in filth and squalor and being hoarded inside a small, dilapidated home.”
“The conditions were absolutely horrific,” the SPCA said, with cats trapped in every room and in “the walls and ceilings.”
“After years of neglect, all of the cats, who appear to be Abyssinian mixes, are sick and suffering,” the animal welfare nonprofit wrote on Facebook.....
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