More than four dozen cats and one dog were removed from a house near Winter Park on Monday after a utility company
meter reader reported conditions at the house to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.Humane Society of Orlando workers removed 23 adult cats, 28 kittens and the dog after the homeowner signed over custody to the society, said Dean Humfleet, the group's senior investigator.
The
meter reader has gone the way of the milkman and the bread man — in some communities, «smart
meters» wirelessly
report your energy or water consumption back to the utility company.