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Dead cats found at trash site
Spotsylvania animal control investigating the death of four cats after carcasses were found at a trash drop-off site in Partlow yesterday.
Date published: 4/20/2006
By GEORGE WHITEHURST Spotsylvania County animal control authorities are investigating the deaths of four cats found at a trash drop-off site in Partlow. The cats were apparently strays who lived around the Cole Hill Creek drop-off site on Partlow Road. A woman who had been feeding the felines found the remains yesterday morning. Animal control officers collected the carcasses. Willy Tydings, the county's animal control director, said shell casings were found near the remains, but he declined to say if the cats had been shot. The carcasses are being sent off for necropsies. Thea Verdak, president of the Rappahannock Humane Society, said she got a call about the dead cats yesterday morning. She said she was told the cats had been shot "and a couple of them appeared to have been eviscerated." "It's an abhorrent situation," Verdak said. Tydings said he expects to get a clearer picture of what happened to the cats from the necropsies. The results could come back by the end of this week or early next week. Verdak said Partlow residents have told her that abandoned animals are a common sight at the Cole Hill Creek trash site. "Apparently [it] has been a dumping ground for animals for years, including puppies, kittens and cats that have been living there ferally," Verdak said. "It's very inhumane." Tydings urged county residents bothered by stray or feral cats to contact his office, saying the animals can be safely trapped. "If anybody has a stray cat they need to get rid of, they need to do it humanely," he said. "We sure don't condone any kind of animal abuse, especially shooting animals." He also asked that anyone with information about the dead cats call animal control at 540/507-7460.
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