More than 100 Maine Coon cats rescued from a condemned West Islip home are now safe, but the shelters and rescues caring for them say they need help from the community.

The Suffolk County SPCA removed the cats Tuesday from a home on Patricia Avenue after investigators said the animals were found living in “deplorable conditions.”

Rescue groups from across Long Island rushed to the scene to help remove as many animals as possible.

“They’re just loving the attention that they’re getting from people and living in a home environment rather than some kind of breeding situation where they’re just being used for money,” said Frank Floridia, of the Strong Island Animal Rescue League.

While the cats are now out of the home, rescue workers say large-scale cases like this place a heavy strain on shelters already operating with limited space and funding.

“People are under the assumption that what we do, these cases, that we have money being thrown at us, and that’s just simply not it at all,” said Virginia Scudder, of North Fork Country Kids Animal Rescue.

Dozens of the cats are now spread across rescues and shelters throughout Long Island, where they are being examined and treated.

Foster homes are also playing a key role in easing the burden on shelters. Samantha Whitcomb, who has fostered cats for four years, recently took in one of the West Islip rescues.

“They didn’t have the love for so long, but now that they do, they are so happy,” Whitcomb said.

Rescue groups say many of the cats will need full medical evaluations and to be spayed or neutered before they can be placed up for adoption.