Almost 70 cats rescued from Melbourne home in some of the ‘worst’ conditions RSCPA has seen

Authorities say concentration of ammonia from cat urine at Hume home was so severe staff could only be exposed for 30 minutes

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Animal welfare authorities have rescued almost 70 cats after they were found living in a home so filthy that the concentration of ammonia from cat urine forced inspectors to evacuate after 30 minutes.

RSPCA Victoria inspectors expected to find about a dozen cats when worried neighbours called them to visit the home at Hume in Melbourne's north-west.

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