Foreclosed Ohio homeowner leaves cats, mess behind

[darkwarrior3007]

AKRON, Ohio – When an Ohio man vacated his foreclosed home near Akron, he left behind nearly 100 cats and a stench. Rescuers have been chasing cats in the Lakemore house for two weeks, and there are still some felines left. Cats were found in the heating ducts, under furniture and mattresses and in dressers, closets and cabinets.

Cat rescuer Eric Schickendantz said he had to put on protective gear before shoveling cat waste off the floors and disinfecting the place.

Outside, the lawn and landscaping were well-manicured, but neighbors could smell a stench when the windows were opened.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_foreclosure_cat_infestation

 

[jod0565]

I don't meow know what to meow say about that except meow.

 

[Ozmanks]

The question should be, who needs nearly 100 cats?

 

[Facetious]

I recall watching an episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops Detroit where a subject who formerly lived inside a residence was forced out into the garage by a household of some 247 cats (IIRC) !!

Animal control had to bring a fleet of vans as well as a ton of crates in order to evacuate the residence of its emaciated feral cat tenants. The stench was said to be so unbearable as well as unhealthy as you could imagine, the a/c staff had to wear a special breathing apparatus whenever they crossed the threshold of the structure.

In the final moments of the story, the word was that the home had to be excavated because it's impossible to get rid the resultant effects of the cat pee saturated in the wooden subfloors etc. I bet that the home in this threads' story will be excavated as well.

MEOW !!

 

[gunslingingbird]

Though 100 cats is way over the top, one major problem that animal services officers all over the country have been encountering lately is abandoned pets left behind by owners after their houses were foreclosed. I think that the people who leave their pets locked in a vacant house should be tortured by the most sadistic bastard Saddam Hussein had on his staff. It's one thing to take the animal to the shelter, or at least to set it free where it can at least try to survive, but to leave the poor thing locked in a house with no chance of obtaining food or water is beyond cruel. :2 cents:

 

[Facetious]

It's one thing to take the animal to the shelter, or at least to set it free where it can at least try to survive, but to leave the poor thing locked in a house with no chance of obtaining food or water is beyond cruel. :2 cents:

:flame: :flame: ​

In the words of a late Ed McMahon - "You are correct sir" :hatsoff:



W/out singling out anybody in particular, it's more often than not, "turd world" immigrant scum that just leave the pets to die in their foreclosed homes and you can thank Barney Frank & his former boyfriend.....whoops ! "partner", sorry over at freddie mae or fannie mac for giving out no money down sub prime home loans to human pieces of garbage that knew from the start that they couldn't make the payments.

I better not type what I wanna right now so I'll just exit right here

 

[jasonk282]

well at least this man loves pussy

 

[D-rock]

I wonder what would happen if somebody threw a mouse in there.

 

[gunslingingbird]

I wonder what would happen if somebody threw a mouse in there.

Well, if they're anything like my cats, they'd look at it for a few seconds, lose interest, and then turn to you with a look that says, "Take that filthy rodent away from my presence, servant." :1orglaugh

 

[BlueBalls]

I wonder what would happen if somebody threw a mouse in there.

Well, if they're anything like my cat. They'd run away from it.

 

[Mauser98k]

fucking people. is it so damn hard to take you supposedly loved pets to a shelter before you leave?

 

[ChefChiTown]

I saw this on the news the other day and one of the animal control people said that you could smell a stench from the house all the way out in the street. So, that's like taking my very worst smelling poop and multiplying it by 1,000. Yuuuuum.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Well, if they're anything like my cat. They'd run away from it.

Yes, but that's only because you've traumatized the poor thing.

 

[BlueBalls]

Yes, but that's only because you've traumatized the poor thing.

Well, it has seen the pink mouse on more than one occasion. So I guess you're right.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Well, it has seen the pink mouse on more than one occasion. So I guess you're right.

... not to mention the trouser mouse on numerous occasions... :eek:

 

[BlueBalls]

... not to mention the trouser mouse on numerous occasions... :eek:

One in the same my man . . . one in the same .

 

[gunslingingbird]

One in the same my man . . . one in the same .

Not really. I'm the proud owner of a trouser mouse, but I don't have a pink mouse. In fact, pink mice were a favorite snack of my bullfrog when she was still alive. :angels:

 

[BlueBalls]

Not really. I'm the proud owner of a trouser mouse, but I don't have a Pink mouse. In fact, Pink mice were a favorite snack of my bullfrog when she was still alive. :angels:

Ah well, what is mouse? No matter, what is matter? Never mouse

 

[D-rock]

Well, if they're anything like my cats, they'd look at it for a few seconds, lose interest, and then turn to you with a look that says, "Take that filthy rodent away from my presence, servant." :1orglaugh

A long time ago the only cat I have ever had in the house with me was borderline sadistic (Well, she would be, if cats could reason at that level anyhow.) concerning mice. She would ambush them, maul them, kind of mutilate them a bit without killing them, and then hold them down and play with it for a while sometimes letting them go after some time just to quickly pounce on it again. That is unless somebody came over and tried to take the thing away from her. Then she would quickly kill it...maybe so that person couldn't have the fun she was having with it I guess. :dunno: