180 dogs, cats rescued after being found locked in cages in horrible conditions in New Jersey
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 6:22PMAt least 180 animals were rescued from an alleged puppy mill and hoarding home in Brick Township, New Jersey.over the weekend, officials are calling it one of the worst cases of animal hording anyone can remember.Two women were arrested after allegedly operating an illegal puppy mill on Arrowhead Park Drive in Brick. An anonymous tip led investigators to the home.
The single-family ranch home was a house of horrors for the dozens of workers who had to clean it out over the weekend. Crews were called in and had to wear hazmat protective gear to walk into the home where the animals were locked in the cages.Two dogs were found dead and some needed emergency veterinary care.Aimee Loncesk, 49, and Michele Nycz, 58, face a number of animal cruelty charges and endangering a child because a 16-year-old lived in the home.
"We've never seen anything like these types of numbers, we were all overwhelmed that this amount of animals were coming to our facility, we've had some large numbers of cat hoarders in the past, but nothing like this, we were all extremely surprised when we heard the number of animals that were in that home," said Brian Lappai with the Ocean County Health Department.
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