Cats found in trailer get treatment

Published: 8/13/2013 - Updated: 8 minutes ago

BY TANYA IRWIN BLADE STAFF WRITER

FREMONT Barbara Shockley never imagined that rescuing three cats from the winter cold seven years ago would result in an animal-cruelty officer showing up with a warrant at her home.

Thethree cats were never spayed or neutered she said she could not afford it and they began multiplying.

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On Monday, the Sandusky County Humane Society seized 70 cats, including four dead kittens, from the trailer, located in the Indian Springs Mobile Home Park, 220 Maple Lane, Green Springs, after serving Ms. Shockley, 54, with a search warrant, according to Kelly Askins, Sandusky County Humane Society shelter manager and animal cruelty investigator.

I didnt have the money to get them fixed, Ms. Shockley said. I would call all of the humane societies and shelters within a 70-mile radius and they were always full and wouldnt take any of them.

Ms. Askins said Ms. Shockley is not a typical cat hoarder, who is actively seeking more cats and continues to bring more and more home.

She had good intentions when she started, I think she just got overwhelmed, Ms. Askins said. She was very grateful for our help.

Ms. Shockley and her sons have moved out of the mobile home and are living with relatives in Clyde. They hope to clean up the trailer and move back into it eventually.

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