Lady with 26 cats, a blind owl, 6 dogs and 2 squirrels in her home arrested in Connecticut

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NY Daily News

Woman with 26 cats, a blind owl, six dogs and two squirrels in her home arrested in Connecticut

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

DEC 17, 2020 AT 2:12 PM

This photo provided by the Hamden, Conn., Police Department, shows Donna Scirocco. (Hamden Police Department)

A Connecticut woman was arrested after authorities found 26 cats, six dogs, two caged squirrels and a blind owl in her Hamden home.

Donna Scirocco was also sharing her residence with the corpses of two cats and a woodchuck in her home, in the town north of New Haven. She turned herself in Tuesday in response to an arrest warrant charging her with a half-dozen counts of animal cruelty.

Animal control officials reportedly became aware of Scirocco’s living situation on Oct. 26 when they got a search warrant for the home following complaints of rats in the neighborhood and a stench emanating from the house. The 59-year-old woman also had two rats living in her home, investigators said. They allege the animals had all been neglected or mistreated.

The animals were all taken to a veterinarian and some had to be euthanized. Others were brought to area shelters. Scirocco was freed on $5,000 bond and will be in court Feb. 5. The property has been condemned.

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Oh no. Why does it look like they all could've been her siblings?

[ThomasW]

Shocked that it wasn't in Florida

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She's an animal lover!  

[Jazzy Jan]

She looks insane. Terrible to mistreat and neglect animals. 

[Cyber-Raga]

On 12/17/2020 at 10:18 PM, ThomasW said:

Shocked that it wasn't in Florida

i was also expecting this to take place in Florida 

[Jazzy Jan]

On 12/18/2020 at 8:18 AM, ThomasW said:

Shocked that it wasn't in Florida

 

9 hours ago, Cyber-Raga said:

i was also expecting this to take place in Florida 

Same here