This is similar to the story that occurred here in Akron, Ohio that I posted in Cat Rescue. What began w/one cat, ONE, ended up producing 113 cats, all living in one home and in unbelievable filth. The bank foreclosed on the owner's home and he just left the cats there. His brother came by to feed and water them daily but it got to be over 100 degrees in the house because the electricity had been turned off so there was no AC. A girlfriend of one of the rescuers paid to have it turned back on so that the cats wouldn't suffer from the heat. Amazingly, all of the cats are healthy but homes are still needed for 38 of them.

I've grown weary of hearing how the owners become overwhelmed. We all get overwhelmed at times; it's part and parcel of life. However, the amount of money that this owner spends on cat food alone is staggering and it all could've been prevented if he had just spayed the first cat. How overwhelming can that be? Excuses are being made for this owner, excuses will be made for the owner of the Chihuahuas in this lead story, excuses will more than likely be made for Michael Vick, excuses are made for so-called rescue agencies that let the animals wallow in filth and die but just let a cat urinate inappropriately due to stress at being rehomed half a dozen times or let a dog bite someone because it had been tormented by them and there will be no excuses forthcoming. What we will hear is that it was in the "best interests" of all concerned to euthanize the animals. WE. DON'T. LEARN.