Purchaser Of $2.6 Million Home At Foreclosure Sale Experiences Rude Surprise

(last revised 9-3-07)
North Jersey.com (The Bergen County Record) reports:

• "Animal welfare workers are still trying to capture 20 cats who are hiding in a feces-strewn Saddle River [New Jersey] home where 23 dead animals and 68 sickly cats and dogs were removed yesterday. [...] Tyco [Animal Control] staff clad in gloves and long boots are setting up traps to get the remaining 20 cats out of the house. Some are hiding behind a kitchen stove, while others are in the walls. The house ... was condemned by borough officials late yesterday, less than a week after it was sold for $2.6 million to the [former owners'] next-door neighbor at a foreclosure sale. Its size and two-acre lot helped prevent neighbors from noticing the problem ... ."

Anyone interested in adopting the surviving animals can call the Humane Society of Bergen County at 201-896-9300.

For more, see 20 cats hiding near Saddle River home.

For story updates, see:

• Couple loses bid to regain seized dogs (The Record - 9-27-07),
• Cat Count Up To 142 At NJ Mansion Bought At Foreclosure Sale For $2.6M (Bergen Record - 9-2-07)
• Bid Was Blind for a House Full of Needy Cats and Dogs (The New York Times - 8-29-07)
• Feces-soiled Mansion Sickens New Owner (Inside Edition - 8-27-07) - reports that the home is so contaminated, it may have to be torn down - (no longer available online),
• Neighbor never saw 'disgusting' interior (Bergen Record - 8-25-07),
• Watch WCBS-TV Channel 2 report,
• Cruelty charges in Saddle River (Animal cruelty charges have been filed against Cynthia and Philip Tamis, the couple who kept 23 dead dogs and cats in the multi-car garage of their seven-bedroom Saddle River, NJ home; (no longer available online)),
• Pet Cruelty Accusations Startle Upscale Enclave (The New York Times)
• It's a new day for Saddle River's neglected cats (8-21-07 - NorthJersey.com)

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