Investigators are working to search out out if somebody is attempting to poison cats in Summit County after dozens of bowls stuffed with antifreeze have been discovered throughout Sandy Beach Trailer Park in Green.
Resident Donna Boggs loves her pet cat—a Himalayan-Siamese— named Kiki, that spends a whole lot of time open air on the trailer park. Donna was shocked final week to be taught that cats like hers have been susceptible to being poisoned.
“I believe it is loopy; why would somebody try this? Boggs mentioned. “I’m scared. I simply, we by no means put a collar on my cat. I simply needed to put a collar on her so that everyone out right here knew.”
Summit County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Karla Bloomingdale mentioned that the unattended antifreeze wasn’t solely a danger to animals.
“Antifreeze is nice, so it’s a temptation {that a} youngster might choose up a type of bowls and ingest what’s in there simply out of curiosity and wind up sick or worse,” Bloomingdale mentioned.
An animal rescue group referred to as “The Human Bean” had been on the park to assist lure, neuter, and, in some instances, return feral cats.
Cameryn Kennedy mentioned that two days after 10 cats have been launched again to the park, the bowls surfaced, and greater than 50 have been discovered.
“We have been simply blown away, and we simply realized we needed to get these cats secure,” Kennedy mentioned.
After the disturbing discovery, Kennedy mentioned that her rescue group eliminated eight cats from the park, which at the moment are in foster care. The cats are being monitored to ensure they weren’t poisoned.
“We take movies of them each time we see them as a result of it does take 24 to 48 hours for the poisoning to kick in. It is a extremely painful, gradual loss of life,” Kennedy mentioned.
Authorities say that in the event that they work out who placed the antifreeze across the park, there may very well be legal expenses for animal cruelty or tried animal cruelty, which may very well be a misdemeanor or perhaps a felony.
Bloomingdale mentioned that at this level, there isn’t any proof that any animals bought sick or died from the antifreeze, however that does not change the seriousness of the case.
“We do have some people who witnessed some issues. Right now, it is nonetheless below investigation, so we might be following up,” Bloomingdale mentioned.
Boggs mentioned she plans to maintain a more in-depth watch on Kiki and hopes whoever tried to harm the cats is held accountable.
“Whatever the legislation requires to occur to people who do stuff like this. I imply, if it is a jailable offense, they need to go to jail,” Boggs mentioned.
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