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In a truly gruesome story, 153 cats, 97 dogs and 30 birds were rescued from a house in Rochelle, Ill. (about 80 miles west of here) this weekend. Today, Lee County State's Attorney Paul Whitcombe announced that the house also contained about 200 carcasses. Whitcombe told the Trib, "a lot [of the carcasses] had deteriorated to the point where it was hard to tell whether you were looking at two, three, four or 10." Uh, excuse us while we go cry for a million years. The rescued animals were taken to the TAILS Humane Society in DeKalb.
Barbara C. Monroe, 65, owns the house — which was condemned today, since it was, you know, filled with carcasses and feces — and is facing 10 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and failure of owner's duty. The place was so over-run with animals that Monroe apparently slept in a sleeping bag on her porch. Now's when we remind you that
animal hoarding is an actual psychological disorder, but that doesn't really make this story go down any easier.
OK, we need a cute-pet chaser. Let's look for some cute local animals: doggie! Splashy doggie! Sleepy kitty! Dog who looks like Falcor! Hoooooly shit! Are you feeling better yet? My name is Pickle! Getting there? Almost? This video better do the trick. Aaah, ok. Much better.
Photo of one of the rescued dogs via the TAILS Humane Society.
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Can we implement much stronger rules for adopting animals and fines for mistreating them!
Humans don't respect nothing!
This story seriously makes me ill.
It would be a good idea to donate a few bucks to TAILS Humane Society, as I'm certain this type of volunteer effort is quite costly.
That last 'graph deserves a fucking Pulitzer.
I was so, so proud of it! And...nothing. Falcor dog, people! Show a girl some love.
There is apparently a DNA (Do Not Adopt to) list that shelters have access to. That is heartening, but more people need to be added to it & there should be some money invested in TNR & proper shelter management, both of Animal Control and regular shelters.
is it bad that i think i might develop that pet hoarding disorder someday!?!? just kidding... but i'd sure love to have more pets if i could in my teeny tiny apartment. too bad this story is so incredibly sad & tragic... thanks for the cute animal pic pick-me-up!
donations to TAILS are definitely needed- this doubled their volume of animals. They set up shop in an airplane hangar to take in the animals many of whom I'm sure have serious health problems now.
This also could be an ongoing drain for them as it is possible the animals may have to be kept as evidence in the case (it has happened in the past in animal hoarding cases)