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Hundreds of animals including cats, dogs, birds and turtles were found living in deplorable conditions in a home on Long Island. Officials and neighbors say the owner of the home tried to help the animals, but soon became overwhelmed. Pei-Sze Cheng has more.
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As many as 200 animals, including dogs, cats, ferrets, chinchillas, turtles, lizards, exotic birds and rats, were found living in squalid conditions inside a Long Island home Tuesday.
Authorities responded to the Medford home and began removing the animals. The owner, according to Brookhaven town officials, is a woman in her 70s who started rescuing animals and couldn't keep up.
Officials told NBC 4 New York that about 60 cats and 25 dogs were among those have been found roaming the house.
Officials found two cats eating a dead cat, and feces littering the home. Some of the animals weren't being fed regularly but otherwise seemed OK, officials said.
"They're happy, they're not nasty," said Maureen Schneider, director of the Brookhaven Animal Shelter. "Some of them are a little malnourished."
As rescuers removed animals from the home, they wore suits because the conditions inside were so bad. They took frequent breaks because of the overwhelming odor, and the Medford Fire Department was called at one point to help vent the home and make conditions safer for rescuers.
Neighbors said they knew the homeowner kept animals there, but never suspected the extent of the zoo inside.
"My husband used to walk the dog and hear the birds and saw the cats in the windows," said neighbor Doris Weiss.
NBC 4 New York captured this video of some of the cats taken from the house.?
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