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Elderly Woman Hoards More Than 300 Cats
MSNBC ^ | July 12, 2005 | Reuters

Posted on 07/12/2005 11:04:15 AM PDT by MississippiMasterpiece

WASHINGTON - About 300 cats, nearly a third of them dead, were removed from an elderly woman’s Virginia home after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the house, police said on Tuesday.

The house, less than a mile from late President George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate, looked neat from the outside with manicured lawns and bright flowers, but inside it was overflowing with wild cats, feces and urine.

“Cats were coming out of the cabinets and drawers and were inside the walls. There were hundreds of them,” Fairfax County Police officer Richard Henry told Reuters.

He said animal control officers removed 273 cats — 86 of them dead — over the weekend and slapped a condemnation order on the door of the house. The woman, her husband and daughter were told to leave.

Later on, Henry said, the woman returned and attempted to smuggle an additional 30 cats from the house. These animals were confiscated, bringing the total to more than 300.

Ruth Knueven, 82, was charged with failing to care for her animals and of improperly disposing of them. Dozens of dead cats were found in plastic bins around the house.

Most of the cats were inbred and sick and were unfit for adoption, said Henry. “These were feral cats who were given free range of the house and almost all of them will, unfortunately, have to be put down,” he said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; crazycatladies; disorders; fairfaxcounty; herdingcats; ocd; pets
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To: Born to Conserve

Sorry Born....I already have to many pets, some human
who have many expensive habits.


41 posted on 07/12/2005 1:21:36 PM PDT by jusduat (I am a strange and recurring anomaly)
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To: Experiment 6-2-6
Or do something really bizarre and start hoarding empty boxes..

Not that anybody would actually DO that...

42 posted on 07/12/2005 7:29:01 PM PDT by Felicity Fahrquar (Never try to teach a pig to sing. You will waste your time, and you'll annoy the pig.)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
Elderly Woman Hoards More Than 300 Cats

Sorry lady, the market value ain't going to rise.

43 posted on 07/12/2005 7:29:04 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (well you asked!)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
Who can forget this Simpson's episode?

Cat Lady

44 posted on 07/12/2005 7:37:22 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I always wondered what happened to Honor Blackman.

Looking surprisinly good for someone nudging 80

45 posted on 07/12/2005 7:39:32 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (well you asked!)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
It adds up. A few hundred in the emergency room here, 1500 for an operation there, follow ups, a final operation, etc. I believe that my daughter and my wife would dole out the total expenses piecemeal to me.
Anyway, right now, our cat is fine, hopefully we have gotten it all. If there is a recurrance, we will have to put him down.
46 posted on 07/13/2005 1:26:50 PM PDT by jrg
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