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Liberal_in_LA

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Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:43 PM Sep 2016

34 "tuxedo" cats abandoned outside Novato animal shelter, bringing total to 130 by same people [View all]

Nearly three dozen cats stuffed in cardboard boxes were abandoned outside the Marin Humane Society in the middle of the night, and authorities at the shelter suspect they came from the same mystery hoarder who has been dumping felines on their doorstep for four years.

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With paws and claws crowded inside boxes, 34 cats and kittens were left outside the shelter on Bel Marin Keys Boulevard in Novato early Sunday, said Lisa Bloch, a spokeswoman for the Marin Humane Society.

Surveillance video at the shelter shows a vehicle pulling up, before three people grab and stack the meowing boxes outside the door. A note slapped on one of the boxes asked shelter workers to find homes for the cats they could no longer care for. Most of the animals are black-and-white tuxedo cats, similar to those previously dropped off.



Bloch said that over the past four years, at least 130 cats have been deserted at the shelter, possibly by the same people. The last drop-off occurred about two years ago, when 24 cats were left at the shelter’s door.


Humane society workers have not been able to track down the people dumping the cats, but they suspect it’s a local hoarder who has allowed the breeding of cats to get “out of control fast.”

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/34-cats-abandoned-outside-Novato-animal-shelter-9208080.php


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Oh, my. So sad. narnian60 Sep 2016 #1
I wonder if they've offered the hoarder free spay/neuter? In really severe cases like this, it uppityperson Sep 2016 #2
I'm sure that Marin County has roody Sep 2016 #3
It sounds like they don't know who the horder is. n/t tammywammy Sep 2016 #4
Uppity, you have a good heart. suffragette Sep 2016 #8
That particular office offers low cost spaying and neutering REP Sep 2016 #10
They can't do anything until they identify the source. Gormy Cuss Sep 2016 #17
My sweet tux boy is sleeping in my lap. tammywammy Sep 2016 #5
I kissed my tux girl of 17 years goodbye a year ago Lithos Sep 2016 #7
...they are... sorry u lost yours.... alittlelark Sep 2016 #9
I love my tux boy - Mr. Lucky is his name because he walked up to my place womanofthehills Sep 2016 #22
I've got two tuxedoes (brothers and rescues) leftynyc Sep 2016 #14
Shitty way to dump your problems, but possibly the best chance these kitties will have bullwinkle428 Sep 2016 #6
Poor kitties. I hope they all get good homes to go to. n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #11
I can't imagine there are many dark blue second generation Caravans registered in the area. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #12
maybe not. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #15
But 20+ year old blue Cararavans in Marin County? Not so many. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #18
I'd disagree. I've seen plenty of beaters going up and down 101. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #19
It would be the logical place to start looking. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #20
I was thinking, its unforunate the license plate is blocked in that shot Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #21
We know a hoarder with cats duncang Sep 2016 #13
How do they know it's not an illegal/amateur breeder? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #16
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