Most pets found suffering in filthy home get adopted

THERE’S LIFE beyond a pet hoarder’s house of horrors.

About two-thirds of the 69 animals pulled from a 50-year-old Queens woman's feces-strewn home in January 2016 have found a new home with loving adoptive owners, the ASPCA said Tuesday.

Many of the animals were taken care of by big-hearted foster families before they were officially adopted in April, when their previous owner, Elizabeth Grant, was found guilty of animal cruelty charges.

One of the cats is Lil Stevie — a 5-year-old whose vision has suffered from untreated eye and inner-ear infections. He now has a wonderful home with his new owner Lucy.

“It was love at first sight for me and Stevie,” said Lucy, a 24-yearold graphic designer.

Another animal, Tia, was suffering from gum disease when she was removed from Grant’s home. All but three of her teeth had to be extracted.

Today, she’s enjoying her new home with owner Katie, who had taken her as a foster pet before adopting her last month.

“I was with her for so long I felt like I had already adopted her,” said Katie, a 27-year-old physical therapist who lives on the Upper East Side. “I grew pretty attached to her.”

Word of the adoptions come as Grant was sentenced to three years probation for keeping the animals in her Jackson Heights home. Prosecutors said Grant kept 55 cats, 12 dogs and two turtles in the urine- and feces-filled place when cops raided it.

A dozen of the animals were so sick they needed to be put down, officials said.

During the sentencing, a Queens judge ordered Grant to undergo mental health counseling and not own any animals for 10 years.

“The animals suffered while living in a home where the floors and furnishings were covered in feces, fur and urine,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement. “No one should live in such squalor, including the furry four-legged residents of Queens.”

Grant denied that she mistreated the animals. “I never hurt the animals, they have no proof,” she said, pointing to several photos of the animals she says were taken by the ASPCA, which she posted on her Facebook page in April.

“There was no picture of any animal in pain here. There was no picture of any animal starved here. And there was absolutely no picture of any animal beaten here.”

Eileen Hanavan, a senior ASPCA manager, said she was happy that so many of the animals are now in loving homes.

“Opening your heart and home to an animal in need – particularly one rescued from cruelty or neglect – is crucial to not only that animal’s recovery but the ASPCA’s ability to take in and provide care for even more animals at risk,” Hanavan said.