A 69-year-old American woman pretended to have abandoned more than a hundred cats on Sunday in a U-Haul parked in the sun, without food or water, causing the death of 28 of them.
“It is very dangerous to leave an animal in a vehicle during the summer months. In hot weather, the temperature inside a car can reach peaks in just a few minutes, even with open windows, ”hammered the Sheriff’s office of Merced on Tuesday by press release, reported by ABC News.
On Sunday, the authorities were called upon to go around 5.30 p.m. in the parking lot of a Taco Bell of Santa Nella in California, after someone observed around twenty cats in distress pressing against the windshield of a U-Haul in the sun, can be read.
Except that at their arrival, the firing animal control agents and Pacheco would have rather discovered through boxes of cardboard 106 cats “extremely emaciated”, aged between a week and 8 years, in addition to 28 lifeless felines.
“No food or water was present inside the vehicle,” said the police force.
The cats were seized and taken to the Merced County animal refuge, where they will be examined by a team of veterinarians, before being placed by adoption, can be read.
In parallel, the police force got their hands on the collar of the owner of these cats, identified as Jeannie Maxon, from Long Beach, who was arrested under 93 leaders of animal cruelty.
With the current heat wave that affects America and Europe, the police force wanted to remind the owners of pets never to leave them in a vehicle.
“It can cause a heat stroke, dehydration, even the death of the animal left inside. When you travel with your animal, make sure it has a cool place to sleep, offering a lot of shade, water and food, “he wrote.
