OAK RIDGE, Fla., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Investigators say a Pakistani immigrant kept 57 dogs and 146 birds in his small Florida home.
The animals were seized after investigators from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Central Florida, animal control officers and police invaded the home of Maqsood Ahamad in Oak Ridge, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Ahamad was arrested and charged with one count of abandoning an animal without food or water.
A neighbor called police Friday to report that dogs had been barking for three days and that Ahamad had not removed his mail from the mailbox.
"All of my officers are saying this is the worst case they have ever seen," said Vanessa Bouffard, a spokeswoman for Orange County Animal Services Division.
Neighbors said they knew Ahamad had a lot of animals because of the barking and the smell. But they said they had no idea his collection had grown to more than 200.
