Hoarders.

Sometimes it pays to be a tattletale. According to WGN-TV, neighbors' complaints about a strong and nauseating odor coming from a Berwyn, Ill. home led officials to investigate. What they found was a house covered in filth and filled with cats, animal feces and clutter. Once authorities were aware of the situation, Animal Care and Control was called in to start removing animals from the home, which Police Cmdr. Michael Cimaglia told the Chicago Tribune is "uninhabitable." A large number of animals were somehow living there. Officials have already pulled over 60 cats, 3 dogs and 2 opossums from the residence since Monday. Those doing the work say that they expect to find at least a ...

Margaret A. Hamilton, a 69-year-old judge for the American Kennel Club, was prosecuted for hoarding around 100 dogs in horrific conditions. King County officials received an anonymous tip from Pasado's Safe Haven, an animal sanctuary in Sultan, Washington. According to b-townblog.com, officials with an animal rescue group illegally entered a home in Burien through an open door. They recorded footage of the deplorable state in which the dogs were living in. Countless dogs were crammed into cages infested with waste and scattered with empty food and water bowls. ...