'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 cannibalism2 a4 C( N, P7 A$ r
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A retired New Jersey teacher is facing multiple counts of animal cruelty charges after authorities recovered 36 dead cats from her home.
- J2 e2 f% y8 `" f# K" v2 M, Y/ o公仔箱論壇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公仔箱論壇" H& l- n% q- G4 S5 j8 z
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o( y- @. @1 f6 W6 O- z4 C+ B5 yTVBNOW 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。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 dead2 o a) s/ f2 A: {0 D0 v% U
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: K8 ?* q3 U9 Y: rtvb 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, 27公仔箱論壇( }/ Q& x5 k/ H: [
+ e9 W' M& V6 W! otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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'It looked like a lot of the animals were cannibalising one another.
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, w7 ]/ I( P8 I2 T1 B2 t公仔箱論壇'I have been doing this for ten years and out of ten this was ten plus,.9 r' Z1 @- |. O( i, a
1 I/ w( Q8 R; J8 _9 F% I'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.'2 F) j' y( ^" U; W6 S' q
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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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* Q) p8 I; F, Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I suspect the fire alarm possibly was set off because of the odor of decaying cats,' said Guida according to APP.Com8 x8 }) h1 v/ b) W
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The disgusting interior of the home in Bradley Beach where 36 cats diedos.tvboxnow.com/ D. T6 }- K- a$ z5 q' ~* w7 R" C0 C
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6 E: |' x1 Q' ?- z, D% ^3 o6 Qos.tvboxnow.comSplitting 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.
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9 N) Q& [; j+ F ^) G6 utvb 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.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。: C3 r7 t! P" Z. e& O A9 A
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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.公仔箱論壇; Y5 k6 i; B8 D" C& [
'We estimate that the cats had been fending for themselves for up to one year.'. P, j8 q2 \1 M% P
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3 \3 _% h4 E1 J- E! G: m* Oos.tvboxnow.comMonmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chief Victor 'Buddy' Amato speaks to the media outside the Bradley Beach property7 w6 X+ G, O2 y, U' D
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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.7 \& Q* P# |; K) O1 F& M1 A2 g
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'These are not bad people,' said Amato.
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, P- U! H: x/ L0 h5 A3 B. sVictor 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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, `- g* P# b) n* p'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.! R+ B1 A/ ~# y+ ~- y: F# u' N
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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.'os.tvboxnow.com: K+ i5 Q% F7 R! N$ v
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Another 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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