Workers and volunteers from the non-profit Pasado’s Safe Haven say they also found three cats dead inside. The group says the cats were living in filth with feces everywhere. Neighbors say the renters abandoned the house on Christmas Day.
“It's really emotional,” said Samantha Nawfel right after she saw the inside of the house. Nawfel is a neighbor, but on Thursday she was a volunteer with Pasado’s.
Nawfel said a Snohomish County Animal Control officer was at the house Tuesday. But instead of going inside, she says the officer gave Nawfel cat food and cat traps.
“They were no help,” Nawfel said.
Laura Henderson, executive director of Pasado's Safe Haven, was upset by what she saw as inaction.
“They essentially walked away from second degree animal cruelty without doing anything,” she said.
But Carolyn Weikel, the county’s auditor who oversees animal control, said there’s a legal reason the officer didn’t go in.
“Animal control has legal constraints and we're only allowed to enter property if we have a warrant,” said Weikel.
So go get a warrant you lazy turd!
She added her office tried to get permission from the pet owner and homeowner, but so far had not heard back. Weikel said the county would have had to wait until the house was done being foreclosed on. She said the officer gave a neighbor food, bowls, and cat traps because the neighbor claimed to have access to the property.
Pasado's Safe Haven said the cats will be checked by a vet and will soon be available for adoption.
(King5 - Jan 7, 2016)
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