CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) -- Police and Animal Charity of Ohio responded to a house with nearly 20 dead animals on Wednesday.

Agents found 18 dead cats and one dead dog when they opened the door at a home on Hilltop Drive.

Agents said that the animals had been dead for some time. The home was recently purchased at auction.

The house was full of trash and could be smelled from the street.

Jane MacMurchy, a humane agent with the Animal Charity of Ohio, said it's the most dead animals the agency has ever dealt with in a single case.

"The home was deplorable. It was full of feces, flies. The smell was awful, and it was incredibly gruesome," MacMurchy said. "We're not going to be able to share any photos or case scene photos of this because of just how gruesome it was."

Agents said that there

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