Bonnie's post said: >> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/wlwt/20070801/lo_wlwt/13795850 >> I hope no one adopted any ferrets to this woman. >> >> Dee Gage > >I hope no one adopted to her either, but didn't this happen in >Reading? Either way, its deplorable. There were TWO similar cases on the same day, so that is what has been confusing people, and even confused one news report for a tv station which covered both areas. One was in Ohio and the other was in a neighboring area of Kentucky. From Ohio tv station 12: This part is on the Kentucky one where according to the news reports I have read and watched the illnesses among the animals and the level of both animal and human feces in the home was such that a Hazmat team was called in. They said that there is real worry about zoonotic diseases, and the home may need to be destroyed. >Dozens of animals are found dead in a Kenton County home. Police and >animal control officers were called to Bethel Grove Road in Visalia >Tuesday afternoon. > ... >about 20 animals are dead and dozens are ill... The owner of the >home, Emily Mardis, 68, is facing 19 counts of animal cruelty. This part is about the Ohio case from the same source: >A neglect complaint today leads to the removal of animals from a >Reading home. > >SPCA and the Health Department were led to a home at West Crest and >Keith Drive this afternoon. > >We're told six dogs, two ferrets, a bunny, two guinea pigs, 20 >reptiles and at least 24 birds were living in filthy conditions. > >Officials say some of the animals were in cages with up to five >inches of feces. > >The owner of the home was cited for animal cruelty. http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=19195 and from Pet Abuse that person in OH: >Charges: Misdemeanor > > Alleged: Judith Vonder-Heide Both are pretty classic for hoarding cases. Here is the Pet Abuse site: http://www.pet-abuse.com/ When searching for those who have abused ferrets I have found it useful to do separate searches there for ferret ferrets exotic but it looks somewhat revamped so I don't know about now Hoarding, MBP, misuse of animals to get drugs, and other Animal Abuse: AVMA: http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/oct02/021015a.asp Tufts site with extensive information: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/ Psychiatric journal article on hoarding: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html HSUS: <http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/behind_closed_doors_the_horrors_of_animal_hoarding.html> Pet abuse database: http://www.pet-abuse.com/database/ http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/reprint/30/4/520.pdf http://www.vet.utk.edu/violence/pdf/munchausen.pdf http://www.animaltherapy.net/Vets-abuse.html http://www.vet.utk.edu/violence/pdf/accidental.pdf http://www.veterinaryireland.ie/ivj/july%2005/peer.pdf Cruelty to animals becomes cruelty to humans (useful info for cases brought against abusers): http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_3.html Animal Welfare Act: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm USDA publications to find regulations: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications.html Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5689]
