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CHEYENNE — A Laramie County Sheriff’s Office detective report filed Wednesday in Cheyenne Circuit Court exposes graphic details about the “abhorrent” conditions more 100 hoarded animals were kept in, which were seized Friday and taken to the Cheyenne Animal Shelter.

Michael Ohern, 70, is accused of hoarding 101 animals — including dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, tortoises, small birds and a goat — at Cheyenne-area home. The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office recommended 22 counts of felony aggravated cruelty to animals against him for each of the 22 animals the agency said it found dead in his possession.

Ohern made a virtual appearance in Cheyenne Circuit Court on Wednesday, during which Judge Antoinette Will

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