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ARL Takes 19-Cats From Johnston, IA Apartment

Photo: Animal Rescue League of Iowa

(Polk County, IA) -- The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is taking care of a large number of cats and kittens, taken from a Johnston apartment. Crews this week found 19-cats living in poor conditions. The ARL says some hiding in ripped-up couches and elsewhere. Kitchen cabinets were removed to access some of the cats.

“It wasn’t only what the ARL Rescue Team saw that was horrifying, it was also the smell of the feces-filled apartment that assaulted their noses and the heavy ammonia in the air that caused their eyes to burn. There was no doubt the situation was dire,” said Tom Colvin, CEO at the ARL.

 

The ARL says most of the cats were thin, with visible scrapes or wounds, possibly from fighting in the dangerous, food-scarce conditions. Others had eye infections, gum infections, upper respiratory infections, ear mites, worms and other issues.


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