MICHIGAN -- Almost two dozen cats were removed from an apartment April 14 after neighbors complained about the strong odor of urine.
The city’s animal control officer received a call from a manager at Colonial Village Co-Op apartments, in the 14800 block of Shenandoah Drive, saying neighbors complained about odor coming from one of the units.
The manager explained that a maintenance employee went into the apartment during a yearly building inspection and observed an excessive number of cats.
The residents were given a deadline to remove the cats and were told they were in violation of their lease agreement.
The deadline was 2 p.m. April 14. The manager said he spoke to one of the residents over the phone to inform him that someone from the apartment complex would be entering his property for a second inspection at which point the resident reportedly said “If someone comes into my house, someone will get hurt.”
The manager asked the animal control officer to stand by while he entered the house.
A police officer knocked on the front door and the resident invited him to come in. The officer, apartment manager and animal control officer all entered.
The animal control officer observed cats running everywhere throughout the house. She asked the resident how many cats they had and he replied “approximately 18, 20, or maybe 22.”
The police officer asked if anyone was upstairs. The man said his wife was in the upstairs bedroom, but it was fine to go upstairs and look around.
The animal control officer and apartment complex manager went upstairs and “observed cats everywhere.”
Southgate’s animal control officer was called to assist, due to the large number of felines.
Approximately 22 cats were captured and taken to the Taylor Animal Shelter.
(Southgate News Herald - Apr 21, 2015)
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