Animal-welfare agents raided a Northeast Philadelphia home Tuesday and found about 40 cats, including two dead ones, being hoarded by a woman who has been active with rescuing cats.
"The basement was horrendous," said George Bengal, director of law enforcement for the Pennsylvania SPCA. About 25 rescue cats were being kept in the basement, which reeked of urine and was covered in feces.
The rest of the cats, which the woman apparently considered her pets, were in the upstairs, which Bengal said was in "decent" condition even though "there were cats in every room."
