A person was discovered useless in his house with the physique mutilated by his hungry cats.

Marcelo Bonifacio lived alone together with his pets in La Plata, the most important metropolis within the Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

The 59-year-old man reportedly suffered from critical coronary heart issues, that are believed to have been linked to his loss of life.

Mr Bonifacio's neighbours began caring for his wellbeing after noticing his extended absence.

After two weeks, they headed to his house to examine on him.

The sturdy odor coming from the locked condo additional raised the neighbours' considerations and prompted them to name the emergency providers.

Two police vehicles rushed to the scene from the close by seventh police station in Abasto.

Officers had been compelled to bust the door open as the doorway was locked from the within.

Local stories spoke of a grisly scene, as officers discovered the person in certainly one of his house's rooms with each legs and one arm partially eaten by his cats.

A police spokesman advised native media outlet TN: "The house was hermetically sealed, so they had to feed on their owner."

The man is believed to have died roughly 20 days in the past.

Prosecutor Juan Menucci ordered an post-mortem to be carried out on Mr Bonifacio's physique to find out how he died. Authorities imagine the 59-year-old's loss of life was linked to his well being issues.

This ugly discovery is way from being the primary of its form.

In June final 12 months, a cat breeder was discovered partially eaten by her 20 pedigree cats after she had collapsed and died at her house within the Russian metropolis of Bataysk.

Having remained alone for 2 weeks, the cats had resorted to chew their late proprietor.

An animal rescue skilled mentioned of that case: "The cats were left alone on their own for two weeks.

"There was no meals, so what else to eat? It’s comprehensible proper? They ate what there was."

In 2013, a girl’s three ginger tabby cats ate total elements of her physique after she died at house.