The Hicksville home needed to be demolished earlier this month.
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HICKSVILLE, NY — Several cats have been rescued from a home in Hicksville that was demolished by a hearth.
Two residents have been damage within the Jan. 31 hearth, and 7 indoor cats have been saved from the Page Drive home.
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“We discovered one in a closet [and] one in a again bed room,” Rescuer John Debacker instructed Patch.
He additionally positioned a cat “the place the vast majority of the fireplace was, beneath components of the wall and ceiling. We needed to transfer lots of stuff.”
But Debacker and his helpers bought no help from the injured kitties.
“We have been simply looking,” he stated. “The cats are terrified; they are not going to make any sounds.”
A handful of different cats made their means into the yard and have been rescued as properly.
“Lots of them went to Oyster Bay Animal Shelter with some fairly unhealthy burn wounds on the paws,” he stated. “Otherwise, their lungs and all the pieces checked out good, so no long-term results of this.”
There have been 4 cats deceased within the home and one other cat was found lifeless throughout the demolition, Debacker stated.
Combining the felines who stay indoors and open air, Debacker stated the home-owner cared for as much as 30 cats, and now the method is underway to search out new houses for a lot of of them.
Just a few of them are prepared for adoption, and they’re posted on the Oyster Bay Animal Shelter’s web site.
“When they’re alive, it is one of the best feeling on the earth,” Debacker stated. “We solely had two days to search out the cats earlier than [the] demo began.”
