80 Animals Taken From 'Horrific' Westwood Home, Report Says

More than 80 live and dead animals were removed from ‘horrific’ conditions inside a Westwood home, authorities said.

Bergen County investigators wearing hazmat suits removed the dogs, cats, parakeets, and a lizard from the Lincoln Boulevard home this morning, along with two dozen others Tuesday night, Cliffviewpilot.com reported.

Personnel from the Westwood Police Department, the state Department of Health Services Animal Control, and the Bergen County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to the house, the report states.

The animals were removed by the Bergen County Department of Health Services Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, the report states, and the live ones will remain at the shelter pending the outcome of the case.