Japanese police said on Tuesday they found the bodies of 100 cats, some badly decomposed, in the apartment of a woman who found it hard to part with her pets even after they died.
The woman, who had adopted sick and stray cats for years, kept the bodies in containers including plastic buckets filled with insect repellent and plastic bags with name tags identifying her dead pets, officials said.
The building owner made the grisly discovery after the woman, who is reported to be in her 30s, moved out of the apartment in eastern Kanagawa prefecture in April.
Some of the bodies were decomposed and are believed to have been lying around for a couple of years, said an official at the local public health department.
Police do not plan to seek charges against the woman as there were no signs she harmed the cats.
“No evidence of abuse was seen on the animals’ bodies,” the health official said. “I believe she just couldn’t throw away the dead bodies of her pets.” — AFP