150 starving cats found in NYC home where couple was found dead

More than 100 hungry cats live in poverty in a Westchester County warehouse where a man and woman were found dead this week, officials said.

Police were conducting a welfare check on residents at the request of a family member at a house on Cordial Road in Yorktown Heights on Monday when they encountered 150 cats living in the mud.

The felines were trapped in every room of the house, including walls and ceilings, Yorktown and Westchester police said.

According to the animal welfare agency, cops were unable to clean up the scene until the SPCA rescue team removed most of the cats from the “small ramshackle house.”

Police did not immediately identify the dead homeowners, but it is believed they were husband and wife.

Police said they did not suspect foul play, but an investigation into the deaths was hampered by “the sheer number of cats in the house,” Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble said in a statement.

The cats are all Abyssinian crosses that appear to have survived “years of neglect,” the organization said.

Many of the cats were pregnant, including one that was in such distress that she gave birth on the way to the SPCA rescue center.

The felines suffered upper respiratory, eye and skin infections, malnutrition, dehydration, and some had “more serious injuries requiring immediate medical attention,” the SPCA said in a statement.

All the cats were starving and probably didn’t eat or drink for several days.

While about 100 cats have been taken out of the house, the rest “are staying in the house because local shelters are overcrowded and housing is the safest place for them,” T. Noble said.

Volunteers feed them and give them water.

SPCA Westchester calls the rescue operation the largest in its history.

Veterinary care and cat rehabilitation is expected to cost over $40,000 and the SPCA is asking for donations.

For deceased homeowners, the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office will formally determine both causes of death.

“We have collectively determined that the death is not the result of foul play,” the police chief added. “However, no death not caused by natural causes is inherently suspicious.”