A man had 62 cats removed from his home in Chicago this week, though only 47 of them were alive. The house was in such a state of disrepair courtesy of cat feces, dead cats and food that the Cook County (the very same as in the
Blues Brothers) will have to raze the home.
The South Suburban Humane Society donned protective chemical suits and spent Tuesday and most of Wednesday pulling cats -- alive, dead and nearly dead -- from every feces-covered corner of the home.
Authorities said the 57-year-old owner had been hoarding cats for at least 20 years.
Cat food, litter and waste covered every square inch of the home, and the animals had burrowed into the walls and ceiling. A boneyard of decayed cats covered the lawn behind the property. [Chicago Sun Times]
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