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Ok, if you have been keeping up with my latest posts you will understand this next peice. Since contacting people at the local paper, i've met with the reporter and so far, my story has hit the paper. here is the story below.
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Abandoned cats raise neighbors' concern By AMY PICARD • Advocate Reporter • August 1, 2008
NEWARK — When Nick Siney’s neighbors moved out several weeks ago, he was surprised to see cats peeking out of the windows.
The neighbors no longer were living in the house, and Siney said they didn’t seem to be coming back each day to care for the animals.
But it wasn’t until another neighbor broke a window and kicked in the back door of the house on the 200 block of Mound Street that neighbors realized more than 15 cats had been trapped inside the house.
“We had seen one or two in the windows, but I had no clue there was that many,” said Kassie Norman, another neighbor. “The whole neighborhood was involved; everyone thinks it is cruel.”
Neighbors from throughout the neighborhood came out Friday morning to help feed the cats, but now they are wondering what is next.
Although the door is open, Siney said most of the cats have not made any effort to leave the house, which is filled with trash.
“We always wondered why there was never trash down at the curb,” Siney said. “It’s plain filthy. One whole wall is covered in trash bags, and there is seven or eight inches of feces on the floor.”
Toby Wills, animal control officer with the city of Newark, said he first heard about the possibility of cats in the house earlier this week.
But in order to intervene, Wills would have had to establish the animals truly were abandoned.
“We have to prove in court that the animals are suffering and no one is caring for them,” Wills said.
He said he recently left a note for the owners to make contact. If someone hadn’t responded, Wills could have obtained a warrant to enter the property and care for the cats.
But Wills said that won’t happen now. Because the door is open, the cats no longer are trapped and he won’t be able to obtain a warrant.
Other neighbors said they had tried local animal shelters but were told they couldn’t legally enter the property either. Neighbors could trap the cats themselves if they leave the property, but Siney said the cats run and hiss and it is unclear if they are diseased.
Now, several neighbors said they are running out of options.
“Nobody knows what to do,” Siney said. “I laid there last night and I couldn’t get the image out of my head. Something has to be done because nobody else is doing anything.”
Several neighbors are hoping Newark’s Division of Property Maintenance will be able to take action.
“Everybody is going to get some critters they don’t want aside from cats,” neighbor Kari Rouse said. “Since they opened the window last night, I could smell it from here.”
None of the neighbors expected the property owners to return. Licking County court records indicate foreclosure papers were filed against the house earlier this year.
Amy Picard can be reached at (740) 328-8543 or apicard@newarkadvocate.com.
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