Kentucky (alleged) Horror Scene...

[QueenScoopalot]

This was an email I got yesterday...anyone from PT close to this area that would be willing to snoop around? Contact info is in email..it sounds truly horrendous.


>
> I am asking anyone that can help to please do so. A co-worker informed
> me of
> the following situation she discovered while visiting her son:
> Larry Martin Sr. and his wife Jean Martin
> 8080 Subtle Road
> Edmonton Ky. 42129
>
> The Martins and her son live on a blueberry farm. Jean Martin has at
> least 10
> cages in her barn with two cats per cage. The cats on the top level
> urinate
> on the cats below as the cages have only wire bottoms. All cats are
> fed bread,
> no water dishes in cages. Many more cats are running loose. Unwanted
> kittens
> are taken to the pond on the farm and drowned by Jean Martin in bags.
> These
> cats meow constantly and are very unhealthy living in a filthy
> environment and
> fed a substandard diet.
>
> The stench from the barn was so great that my friend could not enter
> but only
> stand near the door. The smell strung her eyes and made it difficult to
> breathe. The cats in the cages are there because Jean Martin does not
> want them to
> breed as they have extra toes. These cats are not purebreds. Why she
> is doing
> this is unknown. They also have
> miniature horses that are also underfed and neglected. The Martins
> recently
> traded some of these miniature horses for a pair of llamas.
>
> Helen, my friend, saw all this first hand when she visited her son who
> lives
> on this farm. The Martins are Helen's ex-husband, Larry and his
> current wife,
> Jean. This is not a case of twisted revenge. My friend has a rescue
> cat of her
> own along with two other cats and a very old dog.
>
> I will be going online to lodge a compliant with animal control in
> Edmonton
> Ky. I don't know how effective that will be as I live in Michigan. Can
> anyone
> in Kentucky also apply some pressure to help these poor cats and
> horses. I am
> sure the llamas will not be far
> behind in neglect and abuse.
>
> I'll take what help I can get. I pray someone in Kentucky will answer
> this
> call for help and add their voice to mine and complain to the
> authorities.
> Please help.
>
> Evelyn Dominguez
> 815 W 26th
> Holland MI
> 616 335 2250 home phone
> [email protected]

[Laura's Babies]

Wow! That sounds AWFUL!! Do you think these cats with the extra toes are Himmies...(Himmimgways?) (is that the right spelling for his name, I think I killed the spelling!)

Lets hope someone here either lives there or knows someone who does.

SOMEBODY?????

[leslie]

Thanks for posting this jan- I believe we have a few pter's in Kentucky but not sure if they are in that area. It seems that only numerous phone calls may cause an investigation (wish I could call and lie and say I live in kentucky!) Doesn't Magoo's mom live in Kentucky?

[QueenScoopalot]

Originally posted by Laura's Babies
Wow! That sounds AWFUL!! Do you think these cats with the extra toes are Himmies...(Himmimgways?) (is that the right spelling for his name, I think I killed the spelling!)

Lets hope someone here either lives there or knows someone who does.

SOMEBODY?????

Laura the cats with extra toes are polydactyls aka Hemingway cats (after the author Ernest Hemingway). It does sound like something that should be looked into. Sick that the babies are taken and drowned like garbage.

[christa]

I live in KY but I'm almost 5 hours away from Edmonton. It's down near Tennessee & I'm up towards Ohio.

[catcrazylady]

I copied all the info and sent it to my shelter. I hope they can contact somebody to check this out. Its way far from me so I'm not sure what else to do. I will see if I can find any kind of shelter in that area and try to contact them too.
I hope this isn't a load of lies, but then again I hope it is!

[QueenScoopalot]

Thanks Lisa! At the very least someone should remove the caged cats, and if returned they should be altered first. I'm sure it never ends in farm country though. Let me know if you hear anything!

[catcrazylady]

I'm sure we don't want to know what goes on in some places!
I'll keep you posted if I hear anything back from the shelter.

[lizzielou742]

That is just wrong. I don't know anyone down there but I will see who I can call or email about this.

[catmandu]

That is a horrible thing,for those Poor cats,and how people,could keepCats.like that,is beyond all comprehension.We pray,nad hope,that at least those cats,can be taken,from there,and some salvaged,and rehomed!

[leslie]

Thanks you kentucky gals! I actually got this info from an email via one of those transport groups I signed up for when I was trying to get lucky and Louie up here in MA (flying them up now).
In the meantime, Jan also has gotten it from her connections with other websites! although this message is flying around, there is still a need to styop these people! We don't know these people who originally started the post but feel if we can help, we should! Thanks guys! (And yeah, it's ick and yeah, in a way, who wants to know, but...)