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NY Wildlife Rehabber Had 200+ Animals, Elderly Woman In ‘Deplorable' Hoarding Conditions: DA
More than 200 animals and a 95-year-old woman were rescued from squalid conditions inside the Long Island home of a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, prosecutors alleged.
Investigators with the District Attorney’s Biological, Environmental, and Animal Safety Team (BEAST) executed a search warrant at a Northport home on Fort Salonga Road home on Wednesday, Oct. 1, following a complaint of possible hoarding.
Inside, authorities discovered 206 animals — including cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, ferrets, reptiles, and even wild animals such as squirrels and crows — living in overcrowded cages filled…
Triple Fatal Fire: Mother, Daughter Among Victims In Fast-Moving Blaze In Region
Authorities identified three family members who were killed in a fast-moving house fire that left two others hospitalized in Upstate New York.
Colonie Police identified the victims as:
Lynne Lyons, 72
Kateleyn Ryan, 33, daughter of Lynne
Timothy Ryan, 42, husband to Katelyn
Emergency crews in Colonie responded to a residential fire on Locust Park shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, as Daily Voice reported. Firefighters and police arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames and multiple residents trapped inside, Colonie Police said.
Despite the efforts of first responders, three p…
