27 Animals Found Inside Hot Car

[CW&M Mom]

27 Animals Found Inside Hot Car - Kansas City News Story - KMBC Kansas City

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Twenty-five cats and two dogs are expected to recover after being rescued from a hot car parked outside a casino while their owner was inside gambling.STLtoday.com, the website for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported Monday that the owner has relinquished the animals to the city of St. Charles.It happened Sunday, when temperatures in St. Charles were in the 90s with high humidity. Someone called 911 after seeing the animals inside a Chevrolet Lumina in the parking garage at the Ameristar Casino.Police said the animals had no water but some food scattered on the car's floor. The windows were cracked open.Authorities said they thought the woman had arrived about 25 minutes earlier. She told police she is homeless and living in the car.



I try not to throw mud at folk down on there luck...but you just might have enough money to pay your rent if you don't own 27 animals and spend your time at the casino ...just saying....

[meggers]

There's all kinds of wrong with this picture. :sad: I am SO careful about taking my dogs anywhere in the summertime. I remember reading about a police dog that died because the ventilator stopped working. I wouldn't even trust a ventilator in this horrible heat. And I'm not even going to talk about the casino aspect of it cause I'm in a fairly calm mood. Grrrrrrr!

[meems]

25 cats period tells me there's a problem with this person...

[abigcitydreamer]

And I thought a lonely ol' woman with 27 (or in this case 25) cats was a stereotype. ):

[kval07]

That makes me SO MAD! If she is homeless, how the heck can she afford all those animals??? That, and how the heck do you fit 27 animals in a car???

[loaslaen]

That makes me SO MAD! If she is homeless, how the heck can she afford all those animals??? That, and how the heck do you fit 27 animals in a car???

Cats and dogs don't cost anything to own. As far as feeding them, if she's homeless, she could have gotten food from dumpsters or allowed the animals to search for food on their own. That's the way God made cats and dogs, they can survive on their own.

[everprincess]

There's no excuse for having this many animals period. Animals do need to see a vet for shots, checkups and of course if these cats had been fixed there may not 25 of them living in the car for goodness sake. Yes stray cats and dogs can survive on their own but if you take them in they are yours to take care of.

[CSchunk]

I really need to see a picture of this!

[momof2inohio]

The poor animals:( I hate reading stories about people who have animals and don't take care of them.

As for animals surviving on their own...my dog was a stray and when she was found was covered in fleas, had worms, and was very sick. She also only weighed 35 pounds and she now weighs 62. Dogs need to go to the vet to stay healthy.

[~~Who,Me?~~]

Hoarders are mentally ill, I hope she gets the help she needs. Maybe this episode will be the catalyst for that.