Rostraver Township police in Pennsylvania served a search warrant at a home outside Pittsburgh last Tuesday and found more than 50 pigs living on the property, including roughly 10 inside the house itself. Some of the conditions inside were severe enough that officers reported becoming sick. The property has been condemned.
The home belongs to Wendi Sue Kraemer, 59, who operates an animal sanctuary at the property on Route 51 near Adams Drive in Rostraver Township. Investigators went there after weeks of complaints from neighbors along nearby Adams Drive about rats originating from Kraemer’s property. KDKA-TV’s own video of dozens of rats on the driveway, police said, helped lead to the search warrant.
Police said most of the 50-plus pigs were corralled outside in what officers described as a small area. About 10, according to Rostraver Township Police Chief Scott Sokol’s account, were inside the home. Sokol said the conditions inside the residence were difficult to describe. It’s evident from the photos that there was something of a biohazard in the home, thanks to the unsanitary conditions…