When Foreclosure is GOOD

Now, that was a title that should attract some attention! Why is foreclosure good? Well, it is good if the homeowners are committing animal cruelity against 23 dogs and cats, as was the case at this $2.5 million Saddle River mansion.

Let's hope the homeowners responsible for this end up sharing a prison cell with Michael Vick!

3-car garage hid 23 pets' bodies

Animal welfare workers pulled 23 dead dogs and cats from a multimillion-dollar Saddle River house on Tuesday, and rescued 68 others left to roam the feces-filled rooms of the stately home, authorities said.
The carcasses of the dead animals -- some of which officials estimate died more than a year ago -- were found wrapped in flannel shirts, tissue paper and towels and then sealed in shoeboxes, authorities said. The remains were discovered in plastic bags in the three-car garage of the house on Burning Hollow Road, they said.
"We found 50 animals in the house and 23 dead animals in the garage," Frank D. Saracino, an investigator and deputy chief of law enforcement for the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office's Animal Cruelty Task Force, said as the rescue effort was in progress. "Based on the decomposition of the dogs, they had to be there over a year. There were 18 cats, two dogs, and three skeletal animal remains that are unknown."

The live animals -- six dogs and 62 cats -- were found in the house, which was without air conditioning and was strewn with pet food and feces that measured 6 to 10 inches deep.
Authorities said they are considering cruelty charges against the owners of the animals.
The house is owned by Cynthia Stewart, 49, and Philip Tamis, 66. They bought the property that the house is on for $525,000 in 1996, and built a home now assessed at $2.55 million. The house is in foreclosure proceedings, police said.
"The condition of the [rescued] animals varied," said Saracino. "Some of them were young; some of them were puppies, some of them adults."
The surviving cats and dogs were taken to Tyco Animal Control's shelter to be cared for, fed and cleaned up, said Tyco owner Carol Tyler. Tyler said at least two of the animals -- a cat and dog -- had to be shaved because their hair was so matted that it covered their eyes.
The animals may be up for adoption in the future, but not until they are examined, Tyler said.
"It's probably one of the worst houses I've been in in 20 years," Tyler said. "There was breeding going on -- some cats were 3 weeks, 8 weeks, and 4 months old."
Saracino could not comment on the cause of death of the 23 animals.
"They were just placed in bags in a pile in the garage," Saracino said.

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