Live Cats Sealed In Plastic Containers

PHILADELPHIA - The SPCA is investigating a shocking case of animal hoarding in the city's Germantown section.

Slideshow: Cats Found In Containers

Animal control officers say two kittens were found in plastic containers in a home off of Germantown Avenue, reported Fox 29's Sharon Crowley.

"There was no ventilation. The two kittens were in there. Just thankful to be able to get them today. There was no way that they would've been alive come tomorrow," said a SPCA official at the scene.

Two dogs were found with a foot of feces in a small crate. An elderly dog, in "horrific condition," was lying in its own feces in a front room.

The animals were removed from the home.

"The smell was atrocious, took your breath away. That's how bad it was. The conditions were definitely one of the worse I've ever seen," said the SPCA official.

A woman, in her 70s, discovered in the trash-filled home was taken away to a mental facility.

License and Inspection officials said the building will be condemned for unsanitary conditions.