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You really have no idea of the full extent of whats going on with the situation. and it wasnt until we started walking through the property and we came to, you know, there was a large area off the main house that was sort of the isolation ward that just had cages and cages and cages and very, very sick cats. there was a large barn that also had cages and cages of cats. off of that barn were some pens with cats in them. you know, there was a trailer with cats. then come around the other side of t...

Pretty much linens, blankets, stuff like that. >> it was kind of like hilly. you had to climb over it. >> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the stop of the doorway was where you would smash your face on it. debris was three feet from the top of the doorway, which is roughly 4 1/2 feet deep. other areas it was higher. basically got stacked. couldnt see out of the windows. some of the places it was stacked to the cleaning. >> it was clean clothes. she would clean them a...

And the bedrooms, same thing. pretty much linens, blankets, stuff like that. >> it was kind of like hilly. you had to climb over it. >> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the stop of the doorway was where you would smash your face on it. debris was three feet from the top of the doorway, which is roughly 4 1/2 feet deep. other areas it was higher. basically got stacked. couldnt see out of the windows. some of the places it was stacked to the cleaning. >> it was clean c...

And it wasnt until we started walking through the property and we came to, you know, there was a large area off the main house that was sort of the isolation ward that just had cages and cages and cages and very, very sick cats. there was a large barn that also had cages and cages of cats. off of that barn were some pens with cats in them. you know, there was a trailer with cats. then come around the other side of the house, theres other pens with cats. >> deputy manager of cruelty investigation...

So then at that point, its how do i get rid of this? >> when animal control in florida calls for help with an out of control cat sanctuary in february 2011, he heads out with a video camera to document the scene. >> when you initially drive up, you really have no view of the full extent of whats going on with the situation. and it wasnt until we started walking through the property and we came to, you know, there was a large area off the main house that was sort of the isolation ward that just h...

Here. yeah. that was the bathroom. >> the bathroom was completely filled with bags of stuff. so it wasnt usable. you could tell that she had finally just abandoned the house and just was using it for storage apparently now because there was no way that anyone could live in the house. >> no way, shape or form was it livable. >> if you have an entire house amassed with stuff from wall to wall, where do you even begin? what a lot of times happens is they sort of throw their hands up. they feel very...

And the bedrooms, pretty much same thing. pretty much linens, blankets, stuff like that. >> it was kind of like hilly. you had to climb over it. >> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the top of the doorway was where you would smash your face on it. debris was three feet from the top of the doorway, which is roughly 4 1/2 feet deep. other areas it was higher. basically got stacked. couldnt see out of the windows. some of the places it was stacked to the cleaning. >> it ...

Failure to provide proper veterinary care. when theres so many animals and not enough people to care for them, what happens is they may be providing sort of the basics of food and water to some extent, but they dont have the ability really to go through and monitor the population. you see injuries that have not been treated properly, that have either gotten infected or healed improperly. you often see disease from overcrowding. >> people with animal hoarding tend to want to be caregivers. they w...

>> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the stop of the doorway was where you would smash your face on it. debris was three feet from the top of the doorway, which is roughly 4 1/2 feet deep. other areas it was higher. basically got stacked. couldnt see out of the windows. some of the places it was stacked to the cleaning. >> it was clean clothes. she would clean them and pack them away. so it wasnt just garbage. >> theres the top of the door. got a little bit of clearan...

You couldnt walk around it. you had to climb over it. >> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the top of the doorway was where you would smash your face on it. debris was three feet from the top of the doorway, which is roughly 4 1/2 feet deep. other areas it was higher. basically got stacked. couldnt see out of the windows. some of the places it was stacked to the ceiling. >> it was clean clothes. she would clean them and pack them away. so it wasnt just garbage. >> the...