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Police say lots of the cats rescued from a Hollister residence lately are affected by excessive medical situations. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Hollister Police, alongside a number of animal rescue organizations, rescued dozens of cats and dogs from a single home lately. Two folks had been arrested and the home was red-tagged limiting anybody from getting into the home as a consequence of well being and security issues along with electrical points discovered inside.
Recovered had been 13 dogs, 65 residing cats, and 31 lifeless cats. Two cats had been instantly taken to the veterinary hospital for therapy. Hollister police say a number of different cats gave the impression to be feral and escaped the confinement.
The residence allegedly served as a neighborhood rescue organization referred to as SBC Pet-A-Palooza Rescue, housing dozens of animals in unsanitary residing situations. The SBC Pet-A-Palooza founders Richard Lopez, 60, and Susie Alarcon, 59, had been taken to San Benito County Jail to be charged with felony animal cruelty.
“Our staff will plan to work with our local nonprofit organizations in an attempt to trap any remaining cat from that location,” the Hollister press assertion learn.
Hollister Police obtained a search warrant for a home at 731 El Toro Dr. on March 7. When officers went inside they took 13 dogs and estimated there have been about 200 cats inside, lots of them had been in cages.
The police returned the following day with a number of rescue organizations together with Hitchcock Road Animal Services, and Monterey County SPCA however discovered the suspect inside the home, cats exterior the cages, free roaming the home and lots of of them had been gone. The officers labored with rescue workers to ship the animals to completely different shelters.
Police say lots of the cats are affected by excessive medical situations, including that this seems to be the biggest case of animal abuse in Hollister’s historical past.
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