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The Pennsylvania SPCA seized 92 cats Wednesday from a Manheim Township breeder accused of keeping the animals in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. Healthy Dog Biscuits，Oem Dog Biscuits，Natural Dog Biscuits
After receiving two separate tips from people who bought sick cats from the breeder and issuing a warning to them, the PSPCA obtained a warrant and searched the single-family home on Northbrook Drive where the cats were kept. According to the PSPCA, the cats were filthy, with many caked in litter and eyes and noses full of discharge. All of them had been exposed to ringworm.
The owner had been treating the cats’ illnesses himself, but some of the animals were in poor condition when customers brought them home, registering fever temperatures and acting lethargic. The cats are all ragdoll breeds, which have silky long coats and distinct blue eyes.
All 92 cats were initially taken to the Pennsylvania SPCA headquarters in Philadelphia. Some are now being cared for at the organization’s Main Line Animal Rescue in Chester County.
As of Monday afternoon, none of the rescued cats are at the Lancaster center, according to PSPCA spokeswoman Gillian Kocher.
The Lancaster SPCA has neither an on-site veterinarian who can do forensic examinations nor an isolated space for cats exposed to ringworm, Kocher said.
“It is easy to be blinded by the beauty of these cats,” said Julie Klim, CEO of the PSPCA. “But, if you look closer, behind their blue eyes and majestic fur is so much suffering. These cats were raised to bring profit to their breeder, and instead of being cared for and loved, they were bred to excess and forced to live in horrible conditions.”
The organization will decide whether to charge the breeder with animal cruelty and neglect following an investigation. The cats will be available for adoption once they are examined by the PSPCA team and treated for ringworm.
Anyone with information about the breeder or any other instances of animal cruelty is encouraged to call PSPCA’s Cruelty Hotline at 866-601-7722.
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