An employee at the Columbus County Animal Shelter has been fired after a dog attacked and killed a dozen kittens and one cat at the facility.
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“There are some that are so sick that we are going to have to euthanize them”, Ferrin said, adding that some of the cats have a respiratory disease.
“So far during this process, citizen and placement partner response to finding homes for pets in our shelter has been phenomenal”, said veterinarian Kristine Blankenship, the shelter’s administrator.
The cats were brought to the Weber County Animal Shelter for care and possible adoption.
While some hoarding cases are connected to mental illness, most that Gordon said she works with are hoarders by situation and are unable to afford the time and resources required to fixing the cats and getting them new homes. Click on the Animal Care and Enforcement tab and then on the Adopt link.
Cats are filling every available space at the shelter, including a classroom that has been converted into a kitten nursery.
The man was sent to the hospital for health problems last week.
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Cats that were previously at the shelter are ready to be adopted now, but some of the cats pulled from the house won’t be ready for adoption until later this week, Ferrin said. “They’re ranging anywhere from a week or two old up to mature cats that could be 4 or 5 or 6 years old”, Ferrin said. As of Tuesday afternoon, most of the cages in the sick room were full, but Dobbs said their occupants were responding better to treatment, and even expected a few to be out on the adoption floor by the end of the week. She said the man’s sister knew there were cats on the property, but not as many as were found. Contacted at 801-710-6440 for more information or to volunteer to foster.
