Animal Control Seizes Dozens Of Cats From St. Stephen Hoarding Situation
ST. STEPHEN, S.C. – Officers with the Berkeley County Animal Command not long ago seized dozens of cats dwelling within a rundown trailer in deteriorating ailments, officers mentioned.
On Feb. 9, 2023, officers said they responded to a hoarding condition at a household home in close proximity to Harristown Road in St. Stephen, in which they identified dozens of cats on a property dubbed a “cat sanctuary.”
Officers stated they seized 49 cats nevertheless alive but in lousy wellness. An additional 23 cats were located deceased inside structures at the site. The cats ended up taken to Berkeley Animal Heart, wherever 10 cats were being pressured to be euthanized due to their sickly issue. The remainder of the cats are in the treatment of animal center team and in stable affliction.
The shelter is searching for grownup cat meals as nicely as monetary donations for health-related charges and other crisis care wants for the cats. You should consider donating Right here (enter “sick cats” underneath “reason for donation”). The cats will be obtainable for adoption when they are nursed back to very good health and fitness. Cat foods can be dropped off at 131 Central Berkeley Travel in Moncks Corner.
“Berkeley Animal Heart personnel is fully commited to conducting the proper care necessary to ensure these sickly cats are restored to fantastic health and fitness and acquire the healthcare notice and affection they so desperately demand from customers at this significant time in their life. We know this is a dire scenario and that sadly, not all the cats rescued from these deplorable disorders could be saved. We can not improve these cats’ past situations and lack of excellent care, but we can do our best to provide them all they have to have to survive and thrive going ahead. We thank our fellow rescue teams for partnering with us and sharing this identical mission,” reported Heather McDowell, Berkeley Animal Middle Director.
In addition, 15 cats had been transported to Massachusetts-dependent rescue teams MSPCA-Angell and Northeast Animal Shelter (NEAS), two corporations Berkeley Animal Middle has been operating with because past year. On the day of the seizure, MSPCA also sent workers to support with the cats’ procedure at the shelter. On top of that, Charleston Animal Society furnished a veterinarian to assist with the care.
“We essential to move speedily as the cats are in quite rough form. They had been rescued from a dire problem and are fortunate assist arrived when it did,” reported Mike Keiley, MSPCA-Angell Director of Adoption Facilities and Applications/NEAS Govt Director
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Business has cited Suzanne Marie Melton, an operator of the cat sanctuary, with 20 counts of inhumane cure of animals.
