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June 1, 2007

A bounty of cats at Pawtucket pet adoption weekend

PAWTUCKET -- People will have a whole lot of cats to choose from during this weekend's pet adoption at the animal shelter: Authorities today collected dozens more they say were living in the same home where cat hoarding happened in 2003.

"We removed approximately 50 cats," said John Holmes, the Pawtucket animal control supervisor. "There's still more in the house that we are trying to get."

Holmes said the collection of those cats coincidentally comes as the shelter holds a pet adoption tomorrow and Sunday, at 401 Newport Ave. The event begins at 10 a.m. and continues "to midnight, if we have to," he said, adding that the shelter has a combined total of about 150 cats right now.

Holmes said animal control received a call about a strong odor from the property. Authorities removed "hundreds of pounds of animal feces" from outside the house in trash bags -- the town Department of Public Works was called in with a payloader to help clean it up, he added.

Animal control went to the same home, at 162 Ballston Ave., four years ago and removed 98 cats, Holmes said. He said animal control was not releasing the residents' names, but said misdemeanor charges are expected next week. The charges pertain to owning and keeping unaltered animals -- unspayed and unneutered.

Tripp Funeral Home in Pawtucket is sponsoring cat alteration for any cat that is adopted, Holmes said.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:41 PM | Permalink

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