This Week in Pet History...
Workers Take 227 Animals From Calif. Home
Workers wearing gas masks removed 227 animals that were in "deplorable" condition from a home that reeked of urine, authorities said.
The final tally included 98 guinea pigs, 84 cats, 27 dogs, 14 rabbits, 3 potbellied pigs and 1 bird, Code Compliance Supervisor Tony Genovesi said Wednesday.
Two of the pigs had such severely injured hooves that they had turned them in and were walking on a higher point on their legs, officials said.
"I'm surprised they're not all sick with upper respiratory infections because they're breathing straight ammonia," said Susan Bradley, a kennel technician with the animal control department.
Hesperia homeowners are allowed to keep six cats, six dogs and 65 cage animals, Genovesi said. All of the animals were removed from the home because of the bad health conditions, he said.
The residents will get back the ones they're allowed to own once the home is fit for their habitation, he said.
It was unclear why the residents kept so many animals.
A person at the home declined to comment to the Victorville Daily Press.
Officials said they learned of the conditions at the home on Friday, when they served an unrelated warrant on a residence across the street.
Authorities previously visited the home in August 2004 and removed dozens of animals, Genovesi said.
Police rescue 65 cats from woman's home
Dozens of cats need new homes after police rescued them from a house in Pawtucket.
Animal Control Officer John Holmes says police took 65 cats from a house where a 51-year-old woman and her daughter live. They found seven dead cats in the woman's freezer and cat feces throughout the house.
Police and housing officials told the woman she would have to stay somewhere else until the house was cleaned. They took the surviving cats to Gansett Animal Hospital to be evaluated.
Holmes says healthy cats will be available for adoption. He says none of the cats were spayed, neutered or vaccinated.
Suffolk Woman Charged After 96 Animals Were Found In Home
A Suffolk woman who had 96 dogs and cats in her home faces ten misdemeanor counts of animal neglect and cruelty.
Prosecutor Susan Walton says 41-year-old Francine Cochran could get as much as a year in jail for each of the cruelty charges. She also could be fined if convicted of not having updated rabies shots and city licenses for the animals.
An animal control officer who was searching for a lost pet found 58 dogs and 38 cats in Cochran's house, where her husband and 12-year-old son also lived. The city condemned the house for sanitary reasons, and all but ten of the animals were taken to a shelter.
Brandon Wichman is the veterinarian who examined the animals. He says most of the dogs had to be euthanized. Some had lost as much as 90 percent of their fur and had three-inch-long toenails. In his words, "They were actually just in horrendous condition."
Workers wearing gas masks removed 227 animals that were in "deplorable" condition from a home that reeked of urine, authorities said.
The final tally included 98 guinea pigs, 84 cats, 27 dogs, 14 rabbits, 3 potbellied pigs and 1 bird, Code Compliance Supervisor Tony Genovesi said Wednesday.
Two of the pigs had such severely injured hooves that they had turned them in and were walking on a higher point on their legs, officials said.
"I'm surprised they're not all sick with upper respiratory infections because they're breathing straight ammonia," said Susan Bradley, a kennel technician with the animal control department.
Hesperia homeowners are allowed to keep six cats, six dogs and 65 cage animals, Genovesi said. All of the animals were removed from the home because of the bad health conditions, he said.
The residents will get back the ones they're allowed to own once the home is fit for their habitation, he said.
It was unclear why the residents kept so many animals.
A person at the home declined to comment to the Victorville Daily Press.
Officials said they learned of the conditions at the home on Friday, when they served an unrelated warrant on a residence across the street.
Authorities previously visited the home in August 2004 and removed dozens of animals, Genovesi said.
Police rescue 65 cats from woman's home
Dozens of cats need new homes after police rescued them from a house in Pawtucket.
Animal Control Officer John Holmes says police took 65 cats from a house where a 51-year-old woman and her daughter live. They found seven dead cats in the woman's freezer and cat feces throughout the house.
Police and housing officials told the woman she would have to stay somewhere else until the house was cleaned. They took the surviving cats to Gansett Animal Hospital to be evaluated.
Holmes says healthy cats will be available for adoption. He says none of the cats were spayed, neutered or vaccinated.
Suffolk Woman Charged After 96 Animals Were Found In Home
A Suffolk woman who had 96 dogs and cats in her home faces ten misdemeanor counts of animal neglect and cruelty.
Prosecutor Susan Walton says 41-year-old Francine Cochran could get as much as a year in jail for each of the cruelty charges. She also could be fined if convicted of not having updated rabies shots and city licenses for the animals.
An animal control officer who was searching for a lost pet found 58 dogs and 38 cats in Cochran's house, where her husband and 12-year-old son also lived. The city condemned the house for sanitary reasons, and all but ten of the animals were taken to a shelter.
Brandon Wichman is the veterinarian who examined the animals. He says most of the dogs had to be euthanized. Some had lost as much as 90 percent of their fur and had three-inch-long toenails. In his words, "They were actually just in horrendous condition."
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