20 Persian Cats Rescued from Highland Park Garage
What started as two kittens became 25 cats in a room with no ventilation, heat, air conditioning or litter boxes.
It took Kelly Moyer a week to get 20 Persian cats out of the Highland Park garage they had been trapped in for years. The Tails of Hope founder had heard that a family in the community was trying to get an organization to get their cats out of their garage so they could renovate it. Tails of Hope is a no-kill animal rescue and adoption nonprofit based in Highland Park, so Moyer naturally felt compelled to offer her help. What she saw in the garage shocked her -- and, as she told Patch, she's seen a lot. Want Highland Park news in your inbox every morning? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. There were no litter boxes so the floor was covered in feces, and no ventilation. "The smell -- oh my God, the smell was overwhelming," Moyer said. It …
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2:25 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
I know this rescue first hand.Kelly works beyond hard to save animals like this. Anyone that takes 2 seconds to imagine that her motives are anything but pure should be "put down" for being ignorant. I appreciate the work her and the team she has does. more ›