CONNECTICUT -- A reclusive woman was found Wednesday with 51 dogs in her Lox Lane home -- including six dead ones in her refrigerator and freezer next to the food, police said.
Of the 45 small terriers that were alive, many were restrained in cages and appeared unhealthy before they were removed to kennels, police Sgt. Michael McMullen said.
The stench of dog feces in the house was so strong that Enfield firefighters donned air packs to open windows before police and dog officials could enter, police said. The temperature in the sealed-up house exceeded 100 degrees, police said.
"Why would you put a [dead] dog in the refrigerator?" police Lt. Carl Sferrazza asked. "It's kind of an incredible type of thing."
Police identified the woman who had the dogs as Elizabeth Schultz, 54, of 11 Lox Lane. Police said she lived with her mother, Mary Schultz, who was was taken to an area hospital and treated for dehydration. Elizabeth Schultz could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
McMullen said the case is under investigation and no charges have been filed. Police said many of the dogs were puppies.
Neighbors described Schultz as a reclusive woman who breeded dogs. They said she works at Bradley International Airport, but spent the rest of her time inside with the dogs, never letting them outside.
Neighbors said they could smell the dog stench on the street when Schultz opened her windows -- which they said rarely happened.
Police said the house was sealed when they arrived after town Dog Warden Fred Provencher received a complaint about a barking dog. Officials from the Connecticut Humane Society, who arrived on the scene, could not be reached late Wednesday for comment.
The dead dogs were brought to a University of Connecticut veterinary school for examination, police said. The live ones were taken to dog pounds and by the humane society, police said
(Hartford Courant - July 29, 1993)
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