78 Sick, Neglected Cats, Dead Kittens Found Inside Home–Couple Charged With Animal Cruelty

78 Sick, Neglected Cats, Dead Kittens Found Inside Home–Couple Charged With Animal Cruelty
Illustration - MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images
Updated:

A huge number of sick, neglected cats need adoptive homes after being rescued from a cruel situation in Sedalia, Missouri.

Police arrived at a small home on Aug. 26 after an anonymous caller tipped them off, speculating that the residents were keeping too many animals, reports KOLR. Officers arrested a man and a woman on charges of animal cruelty and lifted a total of 78 cats, many of whom were suffering from respiratory illnesses, from the 941-square-foot abode.