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I'm a volunteer at an excellent animal shelter. We've been getting many visitorswho have been complaining about the conditions of another local "shelter". I haven't had the chance to go first hand, though another volunteer and I have talked about checking it out.
What we've been told is this:
- There are about 100 cats in a large house
- There is only one woman who is taking care of all of the cats and doing the cleaning
- They supposedly have their shots. It is unknown if she's had them neutered or spayed. No one has asked who her vet is. We know she's not using our shelter's program. She hasn't provided anyone looking at her cats with records
- They're divided into rooms, and from what we've been told it's by their color, not sex or temperment. She can supposedly tell 25 black cats apart by just looking at them, and knows all their attitudes
- There are only a few litterboxes in each room, and from what people have said, they're filthy
- The house itself looks condemned from the outside, and it sounds like the inside is about the same
- The woman has told people that she's just attained her 503c.. er.. her federal licence for fundraising. We've also been told she had been turned down three times
- The other volunteer I'm working with on this has said when she drives past the "shelter", there is no sign, and the curtains are torn to shreds, like the house is abandoned.
What I want to know is what we can do to help these cats. I know that our shelter would prefer not to get involved because we're already overcrowded. My friend and I don't want her to loose these cats because they'd be euthanized. But it sounds like she's more of a hoarder than a rescuer. We're hesitant to visit because of our affiliation with another shelter.
What would be the best way into getting her to clean up her act? I know we do need to visit this woman and talk to her, but I'd like to go prepared with ideas.
Also, animal control and the ASPCA have been known to ignore repeated complaints and filings in this area. I've talked with a woman who rescues abused horses. Even after filing reports, sending pictures, and calling them multiple times, it's been over two months and they've never responded. I'm not even sure that if we contacted them they'd do anything about the situation.
What we've been told is this:
- There are about 100 cats in a large house
- There is only one woman who is taking care of all of the cats and doing the cleaning
- They supposedly have their shots. It is unknown if she's had them neutered or spayed. No one has asked who her vet is. We know she's not using our shelter's program. She hasn't provided anyone looking at her cats with records
- They're divided into rooms, and from what we've been told it's by their color, not sex or temperment. She can supposedly tell 25 black cats apart by just looking at them, and knows all their attitudes
- There are only a few litterboxes in each room, and from what people have said, they're filthy
- The house itself looks condemned from the outside, and it sounds like the inside is about the same
- The woman has told people that she's just attained her 503c.. er.. her federal licence for fundraising. We've also been told she had been turned down three times
- The other volunteer I'm working with on this has said when she drives past the "shelter", there is no sign, and the curtains are torn to shreds, like the house is abandoned.
What I want to know is what we can do to help these cats. I know that our shelter would prefer not to get involved because we're already overcrowded. My friend and I don't want her to loose these cats because they'd be euthanized. But it sounds like she's more of a hoarder than a rescuer. We're hesitant to visit because of our affiliation with another shelter.
What would be the best way into getting her to clean up her act? I know we do need to visit this woman and talk to her, but I'd like to go prepared with ideas.
Also, animal control and the ASPCA have been known to ignore repeated complaints and filings in this area. I've talked with a woman who rescues abused horses. Even after filing reports, sending pictures, and calling them multiple times, it's been over two months and they've never responded. I'm not even sure that if we contacted them they'd do anything about the situation.