Hoarding - 24 animals, 6 found dead
Salem, NH (US)Incident Date: Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004
County: Rockingham
Disposition: Not Charged
Abuser names unreleased
Investigators and health officials discovered a half-dozen dead cats and three dead dogs at a Salem home. Another 18 cats and four dogs, found alive, were removed from the residence and handed over to the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Stratham.
Steve Sprowl, the NHSPCA's animal cruelty officer, said Wednesday that the group is "doing great."
A gas company worker checking service at a trailer on the property Friday afternoon spotted two dead dogs on the porch. When police and an animal control officer went to inspect the animals, they found a third dead dog just inside the trailer.
Police then discovered six dead cats inside a house at the back of the property.
"There was a lot of feces and obviously the dead animals in the house," said police Capt. Robert Larsen. Police found the dead cats scattered around the house.
The person living at the trailer is staying with someone else until the home is clean enough to live in again, police said.
Larsen said he expected that investigators would meet with animal control and health officials to determine whether they would bring charges. References« NH State Animal Cruelty Map
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