Witnesses: Dogs lived in filth, feces
NEW CANAAN — From the outside, the Butler Lane home where police say a dozen dogs were seized in an animal cruelty case appears to be a wellkept property that blends into the quiet neighborhood near the Merritt Parkway on the southern end of town.
But inside, dogs have been living in filth and feces that covered most of the kitchen floor in the four-bedroom, 3,000square-foot colonial that has been rented out to a half-dozen people at a time, according to testimony and evidence in a civil case for permanent custody of the animals.
The owner of the home, Catherine Palmer, 48, faces three counts of cruelty to animals in the deaths of three dogs. New Canaan police said at least four dogs have died in recent months that have been in her care.
Palmer, who is free on
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