New York resident charged after 69 stay cats and 24 useless ones are present in his house | EUROtoday

A person in New York has been charged with animal cruelty after police discovered virtually 100 cats in his house, together with almost two dozen useless kittens saved inside his freezer.

Stephen Glantz, 75, turned himself into police on Wednesday, in accordance with the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

He has been charged with 18 misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and animal neglect, in accordance with CBS News.

Glantz’s house — roughly 50 miles east of Manhattan — has been condemned as uninhabitable as a result of overwhelming scent of urine and feces inside, in accordance with police.

Police discovered 69 cats dwelling inside the house, a lot of which have been affected by medical issued together with respiratory infections and eye illnesses. On Saturday, police discovered 28 cats useless inside the person’s house.

Investigators obtained a tip that the animals have been being compelled to stay in deplorable circumstances inside the home, in accordance with the SPCA. Three of the dwelling cats have been struggling and needed to be euthanized.

In addition to the dwelling cats, investigators additionally discovered roughly two dozen useless kittens wrapped collectively inside his freezer.

The SPCA stated that the cats have been “living in alarming conditions with wet urine, smeared feces, grime and filth covering the floors, walls and stairs.”

The cats that have been rescued and never put down are being handled on the Islip city animal shelter with help from the SPCA’s cell animal and surgical hospital.

Local officers are looking for new properties for the cats and are asking for donations to assist pay for his or her care and housing till they are often adopted. More than two dozen are being transported to upstate New York the place they are going to be put up for adoption.

Roy Gross, the chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, instructed CBS News that the home was in “absolute deplorable condition.”

“Feces covered the floors, sprayed on the walls, saturated in urine. The floors were spongy, most likely from the urine. And the ammonia was so extremely high – the ammonia smell from the urine – that the town of Islip fire marshal condemned the house,” he stated.

Gross stated Glantz’s spouse died a month in the past and that the couple had lived in the home for greater than 30 years. Authorities have no idea why the person saved so many cats in his house.