Another Hoarder House Uncovered – Circuit Road
December 15, 2011 at 5:28 pm | Posted in Adoption, Animal Rescue | 4 CommentsAs Omcat volunteers entered the filthy, smelly and dark house, the were greeted by a box of 5 ten-days’ old kittens in a cardboard box. 3 of them had died from malnutrition / dehydration. The other 2 were crawling weakly over the carcasses of the 3 dead kittens.
The house was a sad sight. Layers of urine-soaked newspapers covered with defecation were strewn all over the unkempt house. The stench was unbearable and all the windows were tightly shut to keep the smell in.
Omcat volunteers were greeted by 30+ starving, emaciated cats. 7 of the 30+ cats were kittens ranging from 2 – 6 months old. They were weak, hungry and had been starved for at least 3 weeks. They were more than relieved when food was quickly placed on the ground for them.
Suddenly, from no where came a dirty and skinny Shitzu dog with matted fur, lunging for the food. A couple of starving cats started slapping her and she quickly went to cower in a corner. As Omcat volunteers only had cat food on them, they quickly gave some to the hungry dog.
Then came more gruesome discovery!!
A 2 feet cage, covered completely with cloth. As the volunteers lifted up the cloth, they were shocked to see a dirty, smelly dog covered in its own filth and eating poo!! It appeared to be a Silky Terrier with severe skin problem.
There were 2 other dogs in the house, in rather bad condition as well. One is a Jack Russell and the other is a Silky Terrier.
The story behind this out-of-control situation is a rather sad one. An elderly couple, out of compassion, rescued animals from the community. The wife is ill and not working, while the husband earns a very low income. The step-son is still quite young and entering N.S. soon. The wife had suddenly passed away and the husband is in a daze. They couldn’t afford food for the cats and in his depressed state, the animals were unfortunate victims of neglect. The rental flat will be taken away as the husband and wife are not legally married (on paper). The man and the step-son will be homeless.
Omcat volunteers would like to appeal to kind volunteers to please help out with:
1. food (cat and dog)
2. sterilisation and medical funding
3. Dettol spray to disinfect the area (Dettol kills flu virus, among other viruses)
4. adoption of dogs, kittens, cats
Omcat volunteers brought the badly matted Shitzu back for a good groom so that she could potentially be adopted. She’s the healthier of the lot and she is extremely mild. No barking at all the whole time, not even being left in the cage, and gets along well with other cats and dogs. She’s our first Adoption candidate. Please help spread the word.
If you can answer to our appeal for help, please email crystal.chakra@gmail.com
Here’s the complete album of the house and the animals.
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Really, another sad sight. This one is worse than the case in Horne Road.
Comment by ran001— December 15, 2011 #
I read with horror and great disgust at how these poor helpless animals have to go through. There is no excuse for the people who started this, they have committed a great injustice to the poor animals despite the good intentions initially. I have already 2 cats, how to help? So sad.
Comment by mimi lee— December 19, 2011 #
I read this article with much sadness and regret. I understand and applaud the volunteers rationale in publishing this article, to spread awareness and get much needed help to both the kittens and caregivers.
But.. the choice of words used, lacks sensitivity towards the elderly caregivers. I believe they had no ill intentions and were simply conveying what they encountered at the home. I am very sorry if my words are too harsh.
I understand fully the caregiver’s situation, taking in the animals with only the best intentions but not comprehending the full responsibility that they have undertaken. Such situations can quickly go out of hand, and within a short period of time, they are quickly faced with drastic consequences.. for both the animals and human counterparts.
Although I am not worthy, I would like to help out in any small way possible. Please direct me to the correct avenues. Thank you very much.
Comment by Rumiko— December 27, 2011 #
Rumiko, I understand your compassion towards the humans and felt that our “choice of words” lacks sensitivity but we’ve seen so many of such cases and the humans involved are frankly not worth helping. If it wasn’t for the poor suffering animals, the humans can go rot for all we care. I’m not being mean to the humans but as I type, the remaining family members (the surviving elderly folk and the son) had actually called SPCA to come haul all the dead mother’s animals to be put down. Despite the volunteers going in daily to feed and clean the animals, these 2 people who are partially responsible for wanting to hoard these animals couldn’t care less. The son is too busy enjoying life with his girlfriend and the man just couldn’t care less. Now they want all the animals gone and put down. What kind of human will do this to their beloved kin’s animals? When you see too many of such cases, you become less and less compassionate towards humans. All they want is money. We’ve learned over the years to hold on to any funds collected and ensuring that the money is really spent on animals and properly recorded and accounted for. When I first started out, I stupidly handed over funds collected to the afflicted family and they would squander the money on themselves and the animals still suffered and died. Later on, I just handed over pet food and the people would take the pet food and sell for money! Humans are always blinded by greed and money. Animals are simpler beings. They just want to be fed and be happy. They are definitely more worthy of our kindness.
Comment by omcat— December 29, 2011 #