Neighbors Find 15+ Cats Inside Trash-Filled Vacant Home In Foreclosure; Legal Technicalities Leave City, Animal Shelters With Hands Tied

In Newark, Ohio, The Newark Advocate reports:

• When Nick Siney’s neighbors moved out several weeks ago, he was surprised to see cats peeking out of the windows. The neighbors no longer were living in the house, and Siney said they didn’t seem to be coming back each day to care for the animals.But it wasn’t until another neighbor broke a window and kicked in the back door of the house on the 200 block of Mound Street that neighbors realized more than 15 cats had been trapped inside the house. [...] None of the neighbors expected the property owners to return. Licking County court records indicate foreclosure papers were filed against the house earlier this year.

For more, see Abandoned cats raise neighbors' concern.

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