25 dead cats in bags found hanging on trees in Yonkers,
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Bags with dead cats inside,
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burberry handbags, 2014.(Photo11: SPCA)Only a slight stench was noticeable Thursday as Ernest Lungaro approached the 30 or so plastic bags hanging from tree branches in the woods off Overlook Terrace.
The bags, which reminded the director of the SPCA of Westchester's Humane Law Enforcement Division of the flimsy plastic kind bodegas use, were neatly tied around branches as if someone was hanging a line of laundry.
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Bags of dead cats found hanging from trees off of Overlook Terrace in Yonkers on April 24,
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About 25 dead cats of various ages and in different stages of decomposition including some skeletal remains were found in the bags, Lungaro said. Each bag appeared to have contained one cat, although wildlife appeared to have ripped open five or so of the bags,
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Most of the cats appeared to have been dead prior to being put into the bags because any cat would have been able to claw its way out, Lungaro said. Officials said it was too early to say whether someone had killed the cats or were just disposing their bodies. Necropsies,
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"It's something very odd,
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(Update: Three of the cats were killed with blows to the head,
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The numbers of dead cats in this case is unusual,
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Over the years,
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Last year,
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Reacting to Thursday's gruesome find,
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"That place is always dirty so when you see a bag there,
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Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 914 377 7724 or the SPCA's Animal Cruelty Hotline at 914 941 7797,
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