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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2005Another Sad Case of a Cat Hoarder
Near where I live they've just found a house where a middle-aged woman was hoarding cats. They found 134 dead cats in the house; 25 live cats are being cared for at the Cat Clinic, the vet facility where I adopted my guys and take them for care. There's a picture of a couple of the cats rescued from the house in the article below. I've learned to be skeptical about what's reported in newspapers because they get things wrong so often, but the article says there are reports that the woman who had all the cats was a volunteer at a rescue organization. I hope that's not true. Every time this happens, you wonder how no one notices until things have been out of hand for a long time. It's so sad. I hope the cats they rescued from the house recover and find homes, I know that they couldn't be in better hands. Here's a link to the article (requires registration, unfortunately) http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/northfulton/0205/09deadcats.html >Near where I live they've just found a house where a middle-aged woman >was hoarding cats. They found 134 dead cats in the house; 25 live cats [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >they rescued from the house recover and find homes, I know that they >couldn't be in better hands. Yes it happens unfortunately. Frequently they pose as rescue groups. People do notice, but it's extremely difficult to get anything done about it. They will have a few days notice that they are going to be checked. Dead animals are cleaned out of the freezer. Sick animals are moved to other locations. A massive cleanup takes place and the group is back in business. BarB > Yes it happens unfortunately. Frequently they pose as rescue groups. People > do notice, but it's extremely difficult to get anything done about it. They > will have a few days notice that they are going to be checked. Dead animals > are cleaned out of the freezer. Sick animals are moved to other locations. A > massive cleanup takes place and the group is back in business. What I don't understand is *why*, though, unless it's simply a matter of mental illness. If so, I don't understand why it happens often enough that we've all heard multiple stories of it.  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> Yes it happens unfortunately. Frequently they pose as rescue groups. People >> do notice, but it's extremely difficult to get anything done about it. They [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >mental illness. If so, I don't understand why it happens often enough that >we've all heard multiple stories of it. The director lives off the contributions. One of the signs is that a financial statement is somehow never available to volunteers. Sick cats are not medicated because either the volunteers don't know or they are told money isn't available. Sick cats come in and disease spreads to others. Many volunteers go on for years thinking they are making a valuable contribution. They don't say anything about the appalling conditions because they think at least the cats are better off than if they were euthanized. I don't believe any cat, particularly a sick one, should live and die in a cage. BarB This is so sad. I hate to see stories like this. SignatureCat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com > Near where I live they've just found a house where a middle-aged woman > was hoarding cats. They found 134 dead cats in the house; 25 live cats [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/northfulton/0205/09deadcats.html > Near where I live they've just found a house where a middle-aged woman > was hoarding cats. They found 134 dead cats in the house; 25 live cats [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Every time this happens, you wonder how no one notices until things > have been out of hand for a long time. A lot of the time, peoople *do* report a problem but authorities do nothing about it or don't investigate it. On one puppy mill case I worked for, the neighbors said they had been complaining for *years*. -L. |
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