Georgia: Mother and daughter are arrested after cops find them living in this filthy minivan with THIRTY-EIGHT cats, including kittens squashed inside a cup holder

GEORGIA -- Two women were arrested after police found them living in an filthy minivan with an astonishing thirty-eight cats and new-born kittens.

When police were called to check on a homeless family living in their van, they found the cats including days-old kittens squashed inside a cup holder.

 

The officers from Sandy Springs in Atlanta, Georgia said they were overwhelmed by the stench of urine and feces.

Alexandra Wingate, 41, was in the car and told police she was a local vet waiting for her 70-year-old mother Sharyn Wingate.

The pair said they had stopped off at a local store to pick up some water but the officers later discovered they had warrants out for their arrests on animal cruelty charges.

 

They were arrested after allegedly violating their probation by owning animals, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The cats will be treated by vets before being put up for adoption at Fulton County Animal Shelter.
Karen Hirsch, of the LifeLine Animal Project, told the outlet that 34 of the 38 cats are healthy and ready to be adopted.

'Out of the four who aren't ready for adoption, one is pregnant, one is nursing kittens, one is FIV positive [feline immunodeficiency virus] and one has an upper respiratory infection,' she said.

 

 

Tim Poorman, of Fulton County Animal Control, said that they were digging through trash on their hands and knees to find the animals.

'In their mind they think they're doing a good thing but in reality they're not, he told Fox5 Atlanta.

(Daily Mail - April 28, 2016)