Pictured are several of the 52 cats recently rescued from a hoarding situation and are now sheltered at Til the End of Time Animal Sanctuary in Appomattox. Image: Charles Conrad/Times Virginian

A bevy of kittens and adult cats are now being sheltered at Til the End of Time Animal Sanctuary in Appomattox and awaiting adoption after being rescued from a local residence where they were living under abysmal conditions in a hoarding situation.

Laurie Peters, president of Til the End of Time Animal Sanctuary, said that she was recently contacted by an individual who had to move out of a home due to medical issues. The woman requested that Peters take in what was thought to be 26 cats but the number turned out to be much higher.

“I hesitated but I said ‘sure’ because I was really worried about what was gonna happen to them after the women left the home,” Peters said. “Well, I had her herself go trap the majority of them, mainly the ones that were outside. Then I was told, lo and behold, that there were 52, not 26.”

Peters and some of her work crew went to the home and were shocked by the living conditions.

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