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

[Liberal_in_LA]

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