A New Kensington woman is facing animal cruelty charges after several kittens found living with other animals in deplorable conditions died, authorities said.
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said the investigation into Danielle Howard began in April after the landlord of her home on Walnut Street found a dead kitten.
Police and animal rescue workers with Frankie’s Friends responded to Howard’s home and found “floors and furniture soaked with urine and feces,” the district attorney’s office said. Investigators reported that there was trash and “urine-soaked” items throughout the house, empty food and water bowls and hundreds of empty narcotics packets…