200+ Animals Seized From West Seattle Hoarder Home

SEATTLE — Officials have seized more than 200 living animals from a home in West Seattle, now the homeowner could face felony charges.

SPD and Seattle Animal Shelter served a warrant at the home Thursday, expecting to find abused animals, but shocked to discover the home contained literally hundreds of dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas.

Investigators say they also found "unknown number of deceased animals" inside a second building on the property. They are still sifting through the animal corpses to try and determine the exact number.

Seattle Animal Shelter Director Ann Graves called the incident one of the most severe cases of neglect and cruelty she had ever seen in her 20 years working with animals.

The 200-plus surviving animals have since been moved to the Seattle Animal Shelter, where they are receiving medical evaluation and care.

The Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services says the investigation is ongoing, and as a result they cannot release further details until it is completed. However, the department does say that the Seattle Animal Shelter could bring forth felony charges of animal cruelty. First degree animal cruelty is a felony and punishable by five years behind bars, and/or a $10,000 fine.