- South Carolina, USA -
On Monday, June 27, deputies with the Chester County Sheriff's Office arrested 69-years-old CHRISTINE COLLINGE, 79-years-old EVELYN WOOD COLLINGE III, and 37-years-old CHANNING JAMES COLLINGE (all pictured), after more than 50 cats were removed from their home on Pall Mall Road in Chester. The home was operating as an organization called Cat’s Paw Rescue and was supposed to be helping the cats.
The trio operating the rescue were charged with Felony ill-treatment of animals.
The nonprofit Chester County, SC Animal Control said in a Facebook post that they assisted the sheriff’s office with the removal of the cats.
54 cats were found malnourished, dehydrated, and suffering from various diseases.
Sadly, one furbaby passed away on the way to the shelter.
Kelli Simoneau, the Director of Chester County Animal Control said they received an anonymous call saying these cats were living in deplorable conditions and a welfare check was conducted.
Kelli explained: “We arrived on scene and checked on the animals and had concerns at that time we went to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office and provided pictures of the living conditions of these animals. At that time deputies stepped in when we retrieved all the animals we brought them back to the shelter and are housing them there.”
Needless to say that the shelter needs help to cope with this new challenge.
Kelli told WBTV: “Our facility is not set up for this. We are makeshift doing the best we can.”
She explained that these cats have nowhere else to go and said: “Every shelter across the United States are full. Rescues are overloaded. Fosters are tired.”
The shelter is need of cash donations, cat food, and supplies.
On a Facebook post the rescue mentioned their need for:
Floriflora for cats
Pee pads
Cat litter
If you wish and can afford to help, please visit Chester County, SC Animal Control to learn how. Thank you!
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