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200 Cats, Chickens, Ducks Found Living In FL Mobile Home: Sheriff

More than 200 animals were found living with two women in a Polk County mobile home, the sheriff's office said.

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More than 200 animals, including about 100 cats, some pictured above, were found living with two women in a Polk County mobile home, the sheriff’s office said. (Courtesy of Polk County Sheriff's Office)
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At least 100 chickens and ducks were also found at the Frostproof mobile home, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. (Courtesy of Polk County Sheriff's Office)

FROSTPROOF, FL — More than 200 animals were found living with two women in a Frostproof mobile home on Thursday, according to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release.

There were about 100 cats and at least 100 chickens and ducks at the home in this “hoarding case,” Sheriff Grady Judd said in a video statement.

The agency’s Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit is investigating.

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