PITTSBURGH ~ TIGER RANCH rescued cats soon available for adoption

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PITTSBURGH ~ TIGER RANCH rescued cats will soon be available for

adoption ~ “PSPCA fully intends to find homes for these cats.†~ JULY

21 UPDATE … “Please note that [a cat owner retrieval] deadline has not

yet been established. Once the PSPCA has this information, we will post

it on our website immediately. Please continue to check back for more

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~ TIGER RANCH rescued cats will soon be available for adoption ~ “PSPCA

fully intends to find homes for these cats.†~ JULY 21 UPDATE … “Please

note that [a cat owner retrieval] deadline has not yet been

established. Once the PSPCA has this information, we will post it on

our website immediately. Please continue to check back for more

information.â€

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Charlie Ban, FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

 

Fewer than half of the cats seized from the Tiger Ranch

animal shelter survived their illnesses, but the survivors should be

ready soon for adoption, according to the organization caring for them.

 

 

 

More

than 240 cats from the Frazer no-kill shelter are living in a Clarion

County facility while the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals waits for their legal transfer.

 

Lin Marie, the owner of defunct animal sanctuary, pleaded guilty last

week to 12 animal cruelty charges, which spared her almost 600 animal

cruelty and other charges. Marie also was known as Linda Bruno.

 

During a March 2008 raid on the Tiger Ranch

on Miller Drive, officials found 55 dead cats on the property, 12

others that had to be euthanized and hundreds of animal bones. They

took more than 600 cats after the raid.

 

PSPCA spokeswoman Gail Luciani said the

organization is waiting for paperwork to legally claim the cats before

launching a Web site advertising the cats for adoption.

 

"We fully intend to find homes for these cats," she said. "We're hoping for the paperwork early this week."

 

Matt Collins, one of Marie's attorneys, said the paperwork in question

was a forfeiture order from the district attorney. It won't involve any

action by Marie.

 

"Rarely will a defendant 'help' with a forfeiture order," he said. "The PSPCA is basically waiting for a 'title transfer.'"

 

An SPCA spokesperson confirmed that cat owners who can prove they own a particular cat from Tiger Ranch

may make their claims by Wednesday to get the cats. Proof of ownership

would include a photo, veterinary bill or vaccination records.

 

Update—July 21, 2009:

On July 21, 2009, the Valley News Dispatch ran an article titled "Tiger

Ranch rescued cats will soon be made available for adoption"). The

article mistakenly reported, "An SPCA spokesperson confirmed that cat

owners who can prove they own a particular cat from Tiger Ranch may

make their claims by Wednesday to get the cats. Proof of ownership

would include a photo, veterinary bill or vaccination records." Please

note that such a deadline has not yet been established. Once the PSPCA

has this information, we will post it on our website immediately.

Please continue to check back for more information. – http://pspca.org/news/tiger_ranch

Luciani said the PSPCA did euthanize some cats, though many that died did not survive leaving the Tiger Ranch property.

 

"They were in such poor condition — I've heard sad stories about these cats," she said.

 

She said the cats suffered from a litany of maladies, including sepsis

and septic shock, systemic inflammatory response syndrome and bacterial

infections.

 

 

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