BARCS Rescues More Than 130 Cats From Elderly Woman's Baltimore Home
/ CBS Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- BARCS Animal Shelter is in the process of rescuing more than 130 cats from an elderly woman's home.
According to the shelter, the Baltimore woman had recently lost her husband and is supposed to move to hospice care, but she wanted to make sure her cats found good homes so she called Baltimore City Animal Control.
When animal control officers arrived they were shocked to find more than 130 cats in the woman's home.
"The conditions inside of the woman's house were overwhelming; it was clear her situation had been out of control for quite some time," BARCS wrote in a post. "We are here to help this owner going into hospice care find peace—she can rest knowing that her beloved family members will be cared for."
Despite already having 175 cats in their care, BARCS took in these cats and treating the ones that need immediate medical attention.
**Update: Number of cats updated to 130+, rescuing still underway** Today, Baltimore City Animal Control responded to a call from an elderly citizen in crisis. Her husband had recently passed away, and she was soon leaving for hospice care herself. Wanting the best for her cats, she called Animal Control for help. When speaking with officers, she believed that she had about 30 cats that needed an immediate place to go.
When Animal Control arrived to help, they were shocked to find that the eldery woman was actually living with 130+ cats. The conditions inside of the woman's house were overwhelming; it was clear her situation had been out of control for quite some time. Regardless of the number of cats, we are here to help this owner going into hospice care find peace—she can rest knowing that her beloved family members will be cared for.
As an open-admission shelter, we have open doors and open hearts. This means that, even with the 175 cats already in our care, we are making room in our shelter for 130+ more.
Many of the cats are in poor condition and will need long-term and/or specialized medical treatment plans to help them become healthy. Nearly all of the cats are undersocialized and very afraid.
While we are able to care for most of the cats in our own medical wing, we need donors to help us with the costs associated with this very large intake of cats.
Please consider a donation to help. Medical care for our animals is the largest part of the BARCS budget. Funding this program is critical to saving lives. BARCS' Medical Care Fund allows us to begin treating animals the moment they arrive at our shelter—this is especially important in extreme intake situations like today's.
Donate: https://barcs.org/donate/medical/
We ask that our supporters please exercise kindness and compassion in the comments. We know it can be difficult to imagine how this situation came to be, but the owner did the best thing she could for these cats—she called for our help. Now, we need your help to ensure that all 130+ of these scared animals receive the medical care, food, shelter and love they deserve.
Thank you for your support of BARCS and the animals we serve.
They said many of the cats are poor health and need long-term treatment, nearly all of the cats are undersocialized and very afraid.
"While we are able to care for most of the cats in our own medical wing, we need donors to help us with the costs associated with this very large intake of cats," BARCS said in a post.
The shelter is looking for donations to help them care for these cats. You can donate to the BARCS' Medical Care Fund by clicking this link: https://barcs.org/donate/medical/
