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A Bucks County couple kept 31 cats in squalor. A new state law is helping prosecute them

A change to the state's criminal code last June is allowing county prosecutors to lodge more serious charges against a Bristol couple.

Charlie, 2, plays on a scratching post at the Bucks County SPCA in New Hope. Last November, he was one of 31 cats and 5 parrots seized from a Bristol apartment. Animal cruelty charges are being pursued by the SPCA.
Charlie, 2, plays on a scratching post at the Bucks County SPCA in New Hope. Last November, he was one of 31 cats and 5 parrots seized from a Bristol apartment. Animal cruelty charges are being pursued by the SPCA.Read moreMAGGIE LOESCH / Staff Photographer