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30 Cats found in Fort Myers home
Inside a Fort Myers home live two dogs and about 30 cats all in filthy conditions. The owner contacted Affordable Animal Clinic for help."If nobody gives them a home then they will continue to live in this situation or be taken to the humane society and put down," says Melanie Byrd from the clinic.
When workers from the clinic arrived at the house, they could smell the sharp stench of all the things rotting inside from the driveway.
Inside, the clinic showed us, the mountains of trash that cover the floors and furniture. It's hot and hard to breath. Even difficult to move around. The house is clogged with garbage. We also found cats living in these deplorable conditions.
"I feel bad for the animals. It is not right. It is not fair for the animals. They need a place where they can be taken care of," says Byrd.
The clinic called 911 and the owner went to the hospital. Lee County Animal Services came and took some of the sick kittens. But told Four in Your Corner over the phone the other cats will have to wait. They cannot take the cats unless they have the owners permission.
"She needs help finding homes for them," says Byrd.
For now, a few cats will stay in fly and feces filled cages outside. They will have to wait longer to find a good home.
Workers at Affordable Animal Clinic will care for the animals until the owner gets out of the hospital. But they tell Four In Your Corner it's difficult to find them all and it's tough to breathe once they are inside the home.
Animal services officials say in order to seize the animals they need search warrants and may have to fight a legal battle.
Link to the story:
http://www.fox4now.com/Global/story.asp?S=10526615&nav=menu563_1_9
Dozens of animals living in home, some dead.
A Fort Myers home filled with garbage,dead animals, some still alive.
A rescue clinic was struggling to save them, and even find all of them because the home is so trashed employees can't reach many of the animals.
The animals were discovered Friday, and a day later, people couldn't enter the house without wearing a mask. That's how bad the smell was.
37 cats, two dogs, and almost one dozen dead cats were found in a home with an 87-year-old woman.
"She's probably a hoarder, yes, but her intentions were good," the owner of Affordable Animal Care Clinic Gina Brashear said.
Friday, the homeowner was taken to the hospital with a broken hip, and all of her animals were left in the home without power or air conditioning.
The site was shocking.
"The floor was like a dumpster, like someone had a gigantic dumpster and threw garbage threw the whole house," Kathy Tufaro said. "There were cages with animals, cats in them, crazed, just clawing at the cages full of feces and newspapers, layers and layers of newspapers with feces in them."
The smell was worse.
"The ammonia smell is over powering," Tufaro said.
Employees with the Affordable Animal Care Clinic tried to rescue the animals, but they said they're in over their head.
"We'll take all the help we can get," Brashear said.
People at the home Friday said Lee County Animal Services visited, but would not take the animals because they didn't have a search warrant. WINK News called Lee County Animal Services, but no one was available.
You can also find information about the Affordable Animal Care Clinic by calling 239-694-7271 or visiting www.affordableanimalcareclinic.com.
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Link to the story:
http://www.winknews.com/news/local/48008042.html?skipthumb=Y
14561 Palm Beach Blvd. #30
Fort Myers, FL 33905
ph: 239-694-7271
fax: 239-694-3919
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