From alligators and a goat to cockatoos and a wild turkey — more than animals living in what animal control officers described as filth — were rescued from a north side Milwaukee duplex.

I had never seen anything like it. It was it was like Noah s Ark. It had everything, said Karen Sparapani, executive director of the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission, which took the animals to shelter and care for them.

The homeowner, who animal control officials suspect of illegally breeding and selling animals from his home, was arrested.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney s Office is reviewing the case for possible criminal charges.

The commission team was called to the home near th and Locust streets late Friday, following a tip from a utility company employee and found animals.

They included more than two dozen dogs and scores of reptiles, exotic birds, and rare mammals. They discovered a long-horned goat living in the attic of the home, which butted one of the animal control officers who was trying to rescue it.

Getting him out of the attic was a challenge because it s not like you can put him on a leash, Sparapani said.

It was just feces and urine everywhere. And, you know, the dogs are covered in it, she said, And what really boggles the mind is, people were living there.

A friend and neighbor of the homeowner, who asked not to be identified, told WISN News that this all comes as surprise to him.

I ve never seen him abuse animals or do anything wrong. I ve been over to his house before. I ve seen animals. I didn t see him doing no harm to nobody or nothing like that, the neighbor said.

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