lizzielou742
09-29-2004, 06:21 PM
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=46525
Just what she needs: More kitties! Cat lady sues to clone
By J.M. Lawrence
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Cat Lady Heidi Erickson wants to clone her doomed colony of 42 ringworm-ravaged Persians before the state euthanizes and incinerates them, according to court papers.
Erickson argues she has the right to collect the precious DNA she spent years breeding in her champion pack and is still battling to save their lives against the Department of Agriculture's August declaration that the cats pose a public health hazard.
"Why is the state doing this? Why is everything so against saving these cats?'' the cat breeder asked yesterday after winning another reprieve for the cats until Oct. 15 so she can appeal a judge's refusal to stop their euthanasia.
Superior Court Justice John C. Cratsley rejected Erickson's claims of "heightened property interest'' in keeping her animals alive for DNA collection and refused to reconsider his earlier ruling backing state officials' power to wipe out the colony.
The cats were seized in May 2003 from Erickson's former home in Watertown and are held in quarantine at the Animal Rescue League's Pembroke shelter. Ten of her seized Persians have already died, she says.
The league's vets contend the remaining cats aren't responding to treatments for ringworm and are too sick to handle any more drugs. In court papers, the league says it has spent more than $600,000 to care for the animals.
Animal cruelty charges are still pending against Erickson over the 60 dead cats seized from her Beacon Hill home.
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W:eek:W
Other articles about her:
September 8th (http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=43275&format=[/url)
September 10th (http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=43616&format=[/url)
Her website: http://www.cat-lady.org/
She sounds deeply disturbed to me. She's no breeder, she's a hoarder. Wonder what Boston's Animal Rescue League has to say about this (http://www.cat-lady.org/iarl.html). Also - where the heck would she find someone to clone her cats?!
For $600,000, you could spay and neuter 6,000+ cats.
Just what she needs: More kitties! Cat lady sues to clone
By J.M. Lawrence
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Cat Lady Heidi Erickson wants to clone her doomed colony of 42 ringworm-ravaged Persians before the state euthanizes and incinerates them, according to court papers.
Erickson argues she has the right to collect the precious DNA she spent years breeding in her champion pack and is still battling to save their lives against the Department of Agriculture's August declaration that the cats pose a public health hazard.
"Why is the state doing this? Why is everything so against saving these cats?'' the cat breeder asked yesterday after winning another reprieve for the cats until Oct. 15 so she can appeal a judge's refusal to stop their euthanasia.
Superior Court Justice John C. Cratsley rejected Erickson's claims of "heightened property interest'' in keeping her animals alive for DNA collection and refused to reconsider his earlier ruling backing state officials' power to wipe out the colony.
The cats were seized in May 2003 from Erickson's former home in Watertown and are held in quarantine at the Animal Rescue League's Pembroke shelter. Ten of her seized Persians have already died, she says.
The league's vets contend the remaining cats aren't responding to treatments for ringworm and are too sick to handle any more drugs. In court papers, the league says it has spent more than $600,000 to care for the animals.
Animal cruelty charges are still pending against Erickson over the 60 dead cats seized from her Beacon Hill home.
-----------------------------------------
W:eek:W
Other articles about her:
September 8th (http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=43275&format=[/url)
September 10th (http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=43616&format=[/url)
Her website: http://www.cat-lady.org/
She sounds deeply disturbed to me. She's no breeder, she's a hoarder. Wonder what Boston's Animal Rescue League has to say about this (http://www.cat-lady.org/iarl.html). Also - where the heck would she find someone to clone her cats?!
For $600,000, you could spay and neuter 6,000+ cats.