Florida mail carrier accused of snatching pets on route, trapping 100-plus cats and dogs in ‘hoarding’ house

The "worst animal hoarding case" a Florida sheriff has ever seen is now expanding as more animals are being recovered.Some of the rescued animals already have been reunited with owners who said they’d given up hope of ever seeing them again.Gail Giustino, a 77-year-old mail carrier, was arrested July 20 after authorities found more than 100 animals held in feces-filled cages in her Stuart home. She’d been "collecting cats" she found along her mail route, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said.RIDGLAN FARMS RESCUE BEAGLES FIND NEW LIFE HELPING VETERANS OVERCOME WAR TRAUMA WITH PAWS OF WARWith no air conditioning or ventilation, the home was "probably 110 degrees" on the late July day when the animals were removed, Budensiek said in a news conference on July 20 outside Giustino’s home."We were coming out here thinking maybe 15, 20, 30 cats," he told reporters, as people wearing white hazmat suits carried out cages holding dozens of cats and at least a dozen small dogs.