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UPDATE:
"We seized 50-60 cats from Angel Wings yesterday. Briefly, we found
10 dead cats in varying stages of decay. Got 35 or so cats vetted. 3
were FeLV+ and 6 were FIV. We want to get pictures of these guys up
quick. Please call me if you need to. We do not really have space
and resources, fosters etc. If we find an owner, that would be
great."
"It was worse than I thought, guess worse than
anyone thought. I alternated between crying and puking.
Three
FeLV cats so far. All the cats look like crap, including these.
Think there were 4, but one was in horrible shape and was euthanized. I am
sure they photographed it though. I was still onsite catching cats and
dogs. The fleas were amazing. I will have to flea bomb my car
now. I know I have fleas crawling all over me now.
Eek!
Oh
then there were the dogs, many feral, lots of mange, lots of fleas. Some
looked OK, can't figure why someone cares for some, and not the others.
This is such a crazy situation. Guess crazy people are like
that.
These
poor guys look so bad, thin, little hair because of fleas, etc, not sure
anyone will recognize them. Pitiful." So far, FOUR FELV+ cats were recovered, one was
so sick that they humanely euthanised him. Three are in decent shape and need to
be rescued. There are still almost 30 cats that have not yet been vetted, so the
numbers may rise. Now, we need to figure out how to get them from Tennessee to
Tad in Vermont. I'm working on it. Pictures of all cats should be available
soon, so we can attempt to find pervious owners. That is the first step, return
as many cats as possible to their original owners if they will take them back.
We still have NO HOME for the FIV+ cats. The FIV+ cats are in immediate danger
of being euthanised if no foster homes come forward. Kara said she could cope
with 2 or 3, but she's already overwhelmed with the numbers so far.
Of the three cats removed, from what I recall her telling me over the
phone:
One is white and has very nasty damaged curled up and crusty ears with open
sores and scabs (possibly cancer, they are considering euthanasia)
One is black and white
One is a dilute gray tortoise shell calico
All three cats are missing hair and extremely thin and in poor shape, so
matching them to photos is very difficult. I have advised them NOT to euthanise
ANY of them unless they are in obvious pain and are suffering, and have advised
blood transfusions for any severe anemia, though cost (and donors) is a
factor. All have severe flea infestations, and I have also advised them NOT to
use revolution on the sick and weak cats (which means almost every cat
removed).
I will keep updating as more info comes
through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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