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You really have no idea 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 the ...

Was where you would smash your face on. 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 any 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, you know, just garbage. >> theres the top of the door. got a little bit of clearance. >> to put that much stuff in there, she had to have been doing it for man...

Physicians, blankets. >> it was hilly. >> theres the other bedrooms. >> when you looked at the doorway, the top of the doorway is where you would smash your face on. the bree was three feet from the doorway which is roughly 4 1/2 feet. at some places wit us higher. couldnt see out any of the windows. clean clothes and she would pack them away so it wasnt, you know, just garbage. >> theres the top of the door. >> i got a little bit of clearance. >> to put that much stuff in there, she had been do...

>> a lot of times they may get a sense of comfort, may get a sense of the animals needing them. so thats how they derive pleasure from it. they just begin to take in more and more and more. 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 idea of the full extent of whats going on with...

So it wasnt just garbage. >> theres the top of the door. got a little bit of clearance. >> to put that much stuff in there, she had to have been doing it for many years. it was kind of sad. you had kind of a sad feeling that somebody was living like this. >> take you to this bathroom 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 apparen...

>> theres the top of the door. got a little bit of clearance. >> to put that much stuff in there, she had to have been doing it for many years. it was kind of sad. you had kind of a sad feeling that somebody was living like this. >> take you to this bathroom 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 ...

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 want to take in the defenseless animal. be a...

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 the house, theres other pens wit...

And the bedrooms, same thing. pretty much linens, blankets, stuff like that. >> it was kind of like hilly. you couldnt walk around. 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 3 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 clean...

>> it was kind of like hilly. you couldnt walk around. 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 and pack them away. so ...