165 animals are now in the care of animal service organizations across the state after they were surrendered from a single home in Windsor last Wednesday.
Police said the home was located on Bunker Hill Road. Investigators said they received a complaint in April. Investigators determined that the number of animals was unhealthy for the two unnamed people living there.
Police said that they are cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
The animals that were surrendered include:
28 Dogs
14 Cats
11 Guinea Pigs
40 Sugar Gliders (small marsupials)
4 Rabbits
68 Birds
Jackie Stanley, the executive director of Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society, said that she nor the shelter have assisted with a surrender like this before.
"These situations are always heart-wrenching and very difficult," s