146 cats taken from home

[baldguy]

Upstairs, the smell wafted out the front door and into the tree-lined street, right into the nostrils of Animal Control manager Jim Weverka, who found himself in the middle of the largest cat rescue his office has ever seen.

"When I first walked in the room, it looked like the floor was just fur," Weverka said. "Then we realized they were cats. Real cats."

A total of 146 of them, in one basement, in one little house, in violation of a number of laws.

"This is the highest number of cats we've ever picked up in the history of Animal Control," Weverka said Wednesday, a day after someone anonymously reported a strong ammonia or urine smell coming from the house at 4120 Linden St.

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http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/08/19/local/10053861.txt

[judge_smales]

1. This seems to happen

about 6-8 times a year anymore. Is more of it going on, or are we just hearing more about it?

[GingerSnaps]

2. The house will have to be condemned

It's sad to say that most of the cats will be put down as well. Why people feel the need to do this to pets I have no idea but it's very sad.

[skygazer]

3. People seem to think they're doing these cats a favor

when in actuality they're endangering their health and their lives.

I used to live on a farm where this woman would come and drop off cats into the barn. These were house pets that people had given her because she told them she could give them a "good home". Though she came out and fed them daily, it was a bad situation for the poor things, used to being taken care of in a loving home and now forced to compete with at least 40 other cats in a drafty barn. Eventually animal control took them all - by then most had to be put down. Turned out she had another 20 or so in her home, all in one room! Dingbat!! And she swore up and down that she "loved animals".

[wolfgirl]

4. No doubt they do love the animals,

they are just idiots! :spank: