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Wtf?!?!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/dead_cats
EAST ORANGE, N.J. - A woman who founded a "no-kill" animal shelter was charged with health code and animal welfare violations after 200 dead cats were discovered rotting in garbage bags in her backyard.
Marlene Kess, who has built a reputation in Manhattan as a caretaker of homeless and dying cats, had 48 cats inside her house, including 38 in one room, authorities said.
Out back, 200 vermin-infested cat corpses were stuffed into garbage bags and apparently were going to be buried in a large hole that had recently been dug, said Sgt. Joseph Bierman of the state's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The cats were discovered after neighbors complained about the stench.
"Oh my God, it was awful," said Michael Fowler of the Associated Humane Societies. "The smell was horrible."
Kess, 56, is the founder and executive director of Kitty-Kind, which runs one of New York City's few no-kill shelters.
She said the cats died of natural causes. State SPCA spokesman Matt Stanton told The Star-Ledger of Newark an investigation into the death of the cats is "ongoing."
A longtime resident of Greenwich Village, Kess moved to East Orange in July.
"I take very good care of them," Kess told reporters Friday. "People who know me know there's no cruelty involved."
Kess was cited for health code violations, including keeping an unlawful number of animals, harboring dead animals and causing an environmental hazard with the corpses. The SPCA, which enforces the state's animal cruelty laws, charged Kess with 38 counts of failing to properly shelter cats.
Authorities are allowing Kess to keep the 48 cats in her home because she promised to separate the sick animals from the healthy ones, Bierman said.
Jeez how terrible I bet this smelled so awfull
Last edited by N.Y. Johnny; 05-23-2005 at 05:23 PM.
Wtf?!?!
i am curious about the mental disposition of 'cat ladies'.
i could understand lonliness and liking cats and wanting pets.
but how many in cats does a person need???
Jesus H. Christ.
I have a pretty substantial backyard, and about a year ago one of my cats died underneath of the hottub....and you basically could not go out back without wanting to vomit.
But 38 of them? Holy crap....you'd be able to smell that in Austin!:vomit
Damn!
Poor kittys! And they didn't even die due to someone masturbating! Or did they?
Might as well get this out of the way.
I am insulted. Pobre ga os.
Check that again, SW... 38 live cats in one room... 200 dead cats out back.
Nuke that place... it will never smell fair again.
Ooops....jeeze, even the 38 sounded horrific. I didn't need the image of 200. I'm not even certain a Nuke would be that effective....
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