Crazy Cat Lady

from WDAF Kansas City TV 4

Independence Police Find Filthy House Filled With Animals

A meter reader for Missouri Gas Energy Smelled a foul odor coming from a house in Indepebdebcem Missouri. When they entered, the found dozens of cats, dogs, birds, ferrets, and even a pig, in the basement.

The house had not been cleaned. There were no litter boxes for the animals, and feces and urine were everywhere on the first and second floors. The smell inside the house was overpowering, and some police officers had to wear full military-type gas masks while they were in the house.

After more than two hours, they had captured about 70 cats, 10 dogs, 2 ferrets, 3 birds, and that big pig. Neighbors said two women live in the house, but they were not there at the time.