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  • Man Arrested in Feces-Filled Home [300 cats in house!]

    04/16/2007 5:46:06 PM PDT · by TFFKAMM · 22 replies · 545+ views
    (04-16) 15:54 PDT Ocala, Fla. (AP) -- A man living in a home with a layer of animal feces between 2 and 3 inches deep and as many as 300 cats, both alive and dead, was arrested Friday, authorities said. Jonathan Terpstra, 61, was charged with 55 counts of animal cruelty, two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of resisting without violence, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. Authorities had to break some windows to ventilate the home. Oxygen levels inside the home were low and ammonia levels extremely high, said Lt. Ron Baroni, with Marion County Fire Rescue. Animal...