WFLX is learning more about another animal hoarding situation on the Treasure Coast.<\/p>\n
Port St. Lucie police said more than 124 cats and kittens were found in a home off the 2500 block of Warwick Street.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they found the home in unsanitary conditions, including an accumulation of feces and dead kittens.<\/p>\n
Police said two of the three people living inside the home where the cats were found were issued citations for hoarding and failure to provide medical attention.<\/p>\n
Sarah Wees, executive director of The Humane Society of St. Lucie County, said they were brought in 106 cats and kittens.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey likely had to fight for food, which is why some of them are underweight, and some of the kittens that are nursing, they might be nursing on the wrong mother,\u201d Wees said. \u201cIf they got them spayed or neutered, we wouldn\u2019t be where we are right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wees said almost all of the cats had fleas and ear mites, and some with open sores needed immediate medical treatment.<\/p>\n
Now, Wees said staff and volunteers are scrambling to get them well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re feeding them, they\u2019re cleaning them, they\u2019re doing medical intakes,\u201d Wees said.<\/p>\n
Taylor Nickelson with the American Humane Society said the cats and kittens are getting better fast.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re seeing that in just their liveliness and eagerness to approach us and take food,\u201d Nickelson said.<\/p>\n
However, Wees said some of the cats and kittens are still in a dangerous situation and being treated in their sick room.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re responding well, but it\u2019s still an unknown situation,\u201d Wees said. \u201cAny of them can fade at any time, so it\u2019s very dangerous at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wees said this situation has doubled their cat population.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt overwhelms the staff,\u201d Wees said. \u201cIt overwhelms our resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
Staff are asking for donations, volunteers and fosters during these recovery efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese little babies can\u2019t do it for themselves,\u201d Wee said. \u201cSo, we and the community need to do it for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once medical needs are met, the cats and kittens will be up for adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WFLX is learning more about another animal hoarding situation on the Treasure Coast. Port St. Lucie police said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-446450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}