WARREN, Mich. -- The Macomb County Animal Shelter said it was forced to euthanize all of the animals -- 44 cats and two dogs -- that were removed from a Warren motel room Tuesday.

The shelter made the decision to put the animals down after all of the animals were examined to see if they were adoptable.

Warren police said they received a tip earlier in the week that a 45-year-old Sterling Heights woman was keeping animals in a room at the Motel 6 on Chicago Road.

When the animals were pulled from the motel room they were covered in urine and feces. Animal Control officers said they found almost all of the cats packed two to a single carrier and that it appears some were never let out.

Animal Control officer Tim Herig said the woman told them she had been evicted and was just buying time at the motel until she could find another house. Herig said the woman might have rented a car to transport the animals.

Herig said the woman checked in to the motel several days ago, but a friend of hers intervened with a call to police.

"He was a friend, concerned for her welfare. She knew she would be out of the motel soon so he offered to take her in but could not take all the animals," Herig said. "He didn't realize there were this many."

The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was expected to undergo a psychological evaluation.

There is no word on whether charges will be brought against the woman.