http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_re_us/animal_cruelty Dead animals found in pot, freezer in Vt. home
BARNET, Vt. - Responding to a report of animal cruelty, authorities found dozens of living and dead animals in a home infested with fleas, maggots and rotting carcasses. The owners — a woman and her adult son — were charged with animal cruelty.
"It has to be the worst case of animal abuse in the history of Vermont," according to Animal Control Officer Josephine Guertin.
Five cats, two ferrets, a lizard, a gecko, a rabbit, a python, a gerbil, a tarantula, a chinchilla, a guinea pig, a tortoise, a mouse and a malnourished dog were rescued. Found dead were an iguana, a white rat, a hedgehog and at least 15 cats and kittens in various stages of decomposition.
