Kennewick, Washington – A woman was arrested after police found a staggering number of dead cats at her Kennewick apartment. According to sources, a total of 71 deceased cats, and seven living cats, including one in a bag on the apartment porch, were found at 69-year-old Susan Reavely’s residence.
As reported by Yahoo News, animal control responded to the Clearwater Bay Apartments after a resident found a kitten in a bag on an apartment patio. Additional dead cats in bags were observed prompting a call to the property manager.
According to NBC News, Reavely claimed she found the dead cats and was going to dispose of them. But the woman’s home showed evidence that it was a hoarding situation. Ben Zigan with Tri-Cities Animal Services said:
“There is stuff piled up inside, covering the floor including animal feces, garbage [and] debris. Just making it difficult to be in there with the smell and everything,”
Reavely is being held on investigation of first-degree animal cruelty, a Class C felony. Judge David Peterson set bail high because of Reavely’s apparent “complete disregard for life.”
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