Kinship Circle: 4/30 Deadline For Abused Cats Near NOLA
April 24th, 2007 3:08 pm by Kelly Garbato———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
Date: Apr 24, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: 4/30 Deadline For Abused Cats Near NOLA
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER RELIEF – PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST
4/24/07: [GULF COAST] 4/30 Deadline For Abused Cats Near NOLA
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SOURCE: Teresa Baker, tbakerarno [at] yahoo.com
4/23/07, from tbakerarno [at] yahoo.com — On 4/22, Susan, Cathy [from Best Friends] and I rescued 10 cats in Franklinton, Louisiana — about 1 hour/40 minutes outside New Orleans. The cats were rescued from very poor conditions and there are at least 10-15 more left behind.
They were found in a cramped wire enclosure under a crumbling ceiling. Their floor is a blanket of hay, trash and feces. Spiders and roaches crawl over the area and the animals. Their pen is hot, bug-infested…and one is dead among them. All the cats have fleas and ticks… Some are ill.
Running Out Of Time!
Deadline to retrieve rest of cats is 4/30/07. These cats will be destroyed if not rescued by 4/30. We plan to return 4/29/07, but urgently need help:
* CATCHING the cats
* TRANSPORTING them
* FOSTERING them until placement in homes or sanctuaries
* ADOPTING cat(s) permanently
Volunteers Needed Sunday, 4/29/07
To help with the rescue of these abused cats:
* MEET: Sunday, 4/29/07, 10:30 a.m.
* WHERE: Franklinton, Louisiana (will provide directions to anyone who responds)
* CONTACT: Teresa Baker, 504-914-6512 or tbakerarno [at] yahoo.com
CONTACT: Teresa Baker, 504-914-6512 or tbakerarno [at] yahoo.com
* If you can help with 4/29 rescue
* If you can foster or adopt any of the cats
Background
We don’t have many details on the background of this case… Only that this caretaker took in cats and housed them in an outdoor enclosure which we consider very poorly maintained and not suited for animals.
The animals are kept inside a wire mesh type enclosure. The ceiling is falling down, the floor is covered with hay and garbage and animal feces. There are spiders and roaches covering everything including the animals. The pen is hot, infested with insects and had one dead cat that we found so far. The cats are infested with fleas and tics and some are sickly.
The property is going to be taken over by someone who does not want the animals and has given a deadline of 4/30 to get them taken away. I responded to an email put out by Best Friends and drove out to find the cats trapped in this mesh enclosure. They were fed recently by a friend of the lady who passed away but needed clean water and additional food.
We can get the manpower to catch and transport the cats — the problem is what do we do with them once we get them. So far we have run out of resources to place them. Surely, there is some organization that can take these animals or a few that can each take some of them. The cats are friendly and supposedly are spayed and neutered.
So far ARNO has come to our rescue but cannot take any more animals. They’ve already taken in 10 cats. There are also dogs who come to the back of the property for food. They’ll have to be trapped… We couldn’t find them but saw where they’re eating from. A neighbor left them raw meat that was rotted and infested with insects. We left dry dog food but had no luck finding any dogs for the last three days. We believe there are puppies and older dogs roaming around. We will continue to investigate the dog situation.
CONTACT: Teresa Baker, 504-914-6512 or tbakerarno [at] yahoo.com
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