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Dozens of hoarded cats rescued at home
United Press International ^
| October 8, 2009
Posted on 10/09/2009 7:25:26 PM PDT by myknowledge
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Sacramento officials say they rescued dozens of cats that had been living in a house with cages stacked to the ceiling and feces caking the floors.
Inside Paul and Kathy Franco's house and garage, city officials said they discovered among the worst cases of animal hoarding they had ever seen, The Sacramento Bee reported.
After a SWAT team kicked open the couple's door Wednesday, veterinary specialists, shelter workers and animal-control officers spent hours rescuing the cats, which were taken to the city's animal-control center.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: animalcruelty; cat; catcruelty; sacramento; swat
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Whoa. Seventy-seven cats in one household. Talking about hoarding cats, why would you have so many of them?
MEEEEEEEEOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
To: myknowledge
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:27:55 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: myknowledge
It’s a mental illness—Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:29:40 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(ACORN is a criminal enterprise.)
To: ladyjane
Especially for cat lovers.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:29:45 PM PDT
by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: ladyjane
I can afford to take care of only two cats. Any one who keeps more cats than they can care for is a monster.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:30:10 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: myknowledge
I’m glad the swat team didn’t open up on the cats and then apologize for it.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
Wiggins
To: myknowledge
After a SWAT team kicked open the couple's door WednesdaySWAT team? For that? How many of the cats were shot?
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:34:54 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
To: myknowledge
“After a SWAT team kicked open the couple’s door Wednesday,”
A swat team ? Come on!
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:34:57 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: myknowledge
I hope these cats are truly rescued and good homes are found for them.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:35:47 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
To: myknowledge
Now where is that poster that claimed pet owners were not the problem.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:36:12 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I don’t think it was the cats they were thinking of, but of the nutjobs that kept them locked up in cages in the house. lol
Anyone who had over 70 cats locked up like that cannot possibly be mentally stable.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:38:03 PM PDT
by
RowdyFFC
(Nancy Pelosi...please deny her any health care....)
To: Wiggins
Cistaro sought the court order that enabled officers and officials to enter.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:38:19 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: goldstategop; myknowledge
The title says the cats were rescued. Were they? What happens to them now?
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:38:33 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: myknowledge
“Talking about hoarding cats, why would you have so many of them?”
Anticipating a shortage (cat - the other white meat) ?
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:38:51 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Speak Truth to Stupid.)
To: myknowledge
Dozens of cats? Look what three have done to me?
That's not true, Addy,
you're the pain in the a**.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:39:27 PM PDT
by
mlizzy
("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)
To: myknowledge
a swat team.
give.me.a.break.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:41:19 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
To: RowdyFFC
Yea but a SWAT team is over the top. Sounds kike nutlobs were on both sides.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:41:59 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: PLMerite
Maybe he was a rancher. :0)
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:43:02 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:44:33 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: myknowledge
SWAT team??? I was thinking when I clicked on the link and read the rest of the article, I’d find some explanation for why they thought this was necessary, but instead I just read about the old woman breaking down crying when they told her she could only(!) keep 7 of the cats.
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