COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) – A disturbing story that’s leaving animal lovers heartbroken and neighbors terrified in Summit County.
Humane staff in Coventry Township close to Akron inform 19 News that they’ve found not less than 50 bowls of anti-freeze on the Sandy Beach Trailer Park concentrating on stray cats.
About 30 to 40 cats wander freely across the trailer park, some are thought-about strays however they’re fed by individuals who reside on the park, and others are household pets who typically prefer to be outdoors throughout the day.
Beth Evans who’s an animal lover tells 19 News, “These people who live in this park, these are their pets.”
But somebody clearly has no love for the animals and seems to be making an attempt to hurt and kill them by setting out bowls of a inexperienced substance suspected to be anti-freeze.
Evans says not solely does the lethal substance threaten stray cats within the space, however youngsters and household pets.
“There are kids in this park, grandkids come to visit this park, dogs are in this park. They had 50 bowls of poison we picked up,” mentioned Evans.
Animal rescue volunteers found the potential cat kill once they put down traps to soundly catch, neuter after which return the cats to their regular setting.
Cameryn Kennedy who works with the pet rescue group The Humane Bean Rescue, says they discovered the poison on Friday.
“We’ve been in contact with the park owner and we told her what we were doing. She asked us to take the cats out. We told her that we already released a few and then two days after that we found over 50 bowls of poison distributed around the park,” mentioned Kennedy.
The pet rescue teams have filed an official criticism with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and a county Humane Agent is anticipated to begin investigating on the trailer park on Monday.
Animal lovers there inform me fortunately not one of the cats had been harmed so far as they’re conscious, however they concern the kind of person who’s thoughts is concentrated on killing harmless animals.
“I think there’s something wrong with their mind, with their makeup, and to kill a harmless animal makes me wonder what they’ll do to people or children,” mentioned Evans.
The pet rescue volunteers are asking anybody with data on who might have set out the anti-freeze to contact the Summit County Sheriff’s Office or humane brokers within the county. The volunteers and a few residents say they need the person arrested and prosecuted.
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