SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Dozens of cats were rescued from a studio apartment in downtown San Diego during a month-long operation by the San Diego Humane Society.

By the time it was finished, 40 cats and kittens were taken from a small studio apartment in downtown San Diego and turned over to the San Diego Humane Society.

“We had a concerned neighbor reach out complaining about a terrible smell coming from the apartment. When we got there, 40 cats and kittens were living inside. Some of them, not doing well," said Nina Thompson of the San Diego Humane Society.

As it turns out, one of the people living inside the studio apartment was recently hospitalized, leaving the cats and another person behind.

According to the humane society, both people were elderly and became overwhelmed when the

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