Police smelled decay. They found a Noah’s Ark of death.

They entered the building and came upon maybe 10 cages filled with birds.

As they made their way in, Sgt. Minook saw debris everywhere. Then the trash. And the live animals living in feces, the sounds of their movements all about.

“Little chicks hopping around — you had to watch that you didn’t step on them. It was pretty bad,” he said.