The 81-year-old cat owner lived alone; his sister was placed in a nursing home this year. Animal rescuers suspected the man did not care for the cats, but they could only enter the house after the owner was hospitalized.
At the man’s house, the animal friends were horrified: they found the carcasses of about 100 cats in wooden and plastic boxes. More than 20 cats were still alive; they are provided with medical assistance.
Male the niece tellsthat relatives had been trying to warn the social services about the problems of the elderly for months, but nothing had been done about it. He is now facing criminal liability for cruelty to animals.
Experts say that a man suffers from Noah’s syndrome: an insurmountable tendency to gather a large number of pets without the ability to take proper care of them.
Last year, Marjama el Baluši, a resident of Muscat, the capital of Oman, gathered 480 cats and 12 dogs at home in the Omani media. She has the power to take care of them all; animal care costs her around € 6,900 a month.
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