CATS, CARCASSES SEIZED FROM HOME.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Animal control officials removed 37 cats and 26 cat corpses - 16 found inside a turned-off refrigerator in a garage - from a run-down home in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Country Club Estates. The dead cats in the refrigerator were contained in margarine tubs, plastic bags and small boxes. The other dead cats were scattered throughout the house, along with trash and feces feces or excrement or stools Solid bodily waste discharged from the colon through the anus during defecation. Normal feces are 75% water. The rest is about 30% dead bacteria, 30% indigestible food matter, 10–20% cholesterol and other fats, , officials said. ``We see these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. and don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why they happen,'' said Al Gonzalez, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Animal Care and Control officer who assisted with the removal. ``It's a strange case.'' Officials had suspicions about the house for years because the resident periodically called the Lancaster animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. , or had neighbors call, to report that she had a dead or sick cat to get rid of. But she never allowed animal control officials to enter her home. City officials said they got complaints from neighbors about the unkempt conditions at the house, whose brown, weedy front yard stood out among the lush green lawns of neighbors. The electricity had been turned off and the trash pickup service stopped. City and county officials teamed up Tuesday after obtaining a search warrant to enter the house. Officials learned of the decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. carcasses in the refrigerator from the resident, who informed a social worker brought in to check on her mental condition. They wanted to determine whether she was a threat to herself or others, official said. The woman was cited on suspicion of failing to provide care for animals. Gisela Hughes said she moved into the two-story home in 1992, when the development opened as an expansion of Country Club Estates. She said the electricity had been turned off after she stopped receiving her husband's disability checks when he was put into a hospital 30 months ago. Hughes said she asked the city and other officials for help getting her husband's disability payments sent to her, but they have done nothing for her. ``This is robbery,'' Hughes added. ``They'll come after me for my cats, but they can't help me get my money back.'' City officials said they attempted to help her. ``We assisted her every way that we could,'' said Mike Morrisey, Palmdale senior code enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to officer. ``We had four organizations clean her yard. We've worked with the utilities to get her power and worked with her mortgage.'' Neighbors said they had tried to help the couple for years by bringing food and water. ``She's not a bad person,'' one neighbor said. `She's just down on her luck.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) An animal control officer carries a caged cat out of a house. (2) A confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. cat is loaded into a Los Angeles County animal control vehicle in Palmdale on Tuesday. (3) A cat peers out from a cage during Tuesday's raid. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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