North Miami Home In Foreclosure A Death House For Over 50 Pets

In North Miami, Florida, WPLG-TV Channel 10 reports:

• Animal control officers removed two more mangy, malnourished and neglected animals -- this time cats -- from a woman's North Miami home Tuesday. It was the same home of Beverly Prady, who was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after 78 sick, crippled and bloodied dogs were removed from the residence Monday. Prady had close to 90 animals living with her in a dilapidated house at 990 NE 10th Ave. Animal control officers said 90 percent of those animals had to be euthanized.

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• Neighbors said Prady might have had mental problems. Neighbors said Prady paid off the home years ago and that it simply fell apart around her. However, according to civil documents, Katline Realty was foreclosing on the property. Katline Realty owner Charlie Klar told Local10's Rob Schmitt that Prady recently ran out of money and borrowed $147,000 from him against her house.

• Schmitt asked Klar why he would approve a mortgage considering the home's condition. "I basically like to lose money," he said. "I've made so much of it." [North Miami Mayor Kevin] Burns said the city would investigate the foreclosure and whether Prady was taken advantage of possibly because she's mentally unstable.

For the story, see Most Animals Removed From Home Euthanized (North Miami Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty).

See also, Miami New Times: Dozens of Dogs Die (A tale of 78 abused pets and two peculiar people).

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