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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