Crush...Yiff...Destroy!

EFudd · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 140

EAST ORANGE, N.J. - A woman who founded a "no-kill" animal shelter was charged with health code and animal welfare violations after 200 dead cats were discovered rotting in garbage bags in her backyard.

Marlene Kess, who has built a reputation in Manhattan as a caretaker of homeless and dying cats, had 48 cats inside her house, including 38 in one room, authorities said.

Out back, 200 vermin-infested cat corpses were stuffed into garbage bags and apparently were going to be buried in a large hole that had recently been dug, said Sgt. Joseph Bierman of the state's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The cats were discovered after neighbors complained about the stench.

"Oh my God, it was awful," said Michael Fowler of the Associated Humane Societies. "The smell was horrible."

Kess, 56, is the founder and executive director of Kitty-Kind, which runs one of New York City's few no-kill shelters.

She said the cats died of natural causes. State SPCA spokesman Matt Stanton told The Star-Ledger of Newark an investigation into the death of the cats is "ongoing."

A longtime resident of Greenwich Village, Kess moved to East Orange in July.

"I take very good care of them," Kess told reporters Friday. "People who know me know there's no cruelty involved."

Kess was cited for health code violations, including keeping an unlawful number of animals, harboring dead animals and causing an environmental hazard with the corpses. The SPCA, which enforces the state's animal cruelty laws, charged Kess with 38 counts of failing to properly shelter cats.

Authorities are allowing Kess to keep the 48 cats in her home because she promised to separate the sick animals from the healthy ones, Bierman said.

Hows that for fucked up?

Dr. Mojo · Vociferator Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 399

Wait, they're letting her keep them? What the hell?

Computolio · Needs to get out more Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 865

How many "animal hoarders" (which is apparently the DSM term for "crazy cat ladies") are there in the US anyway? There's just so many...

Donotsue · Needs to get out more Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 884

I guess this fits here! =)

WS!

http://www.marco-schrenk.de/div/finger_inside_very_young_pussy.jpg

MonicaKitty · Vociferator Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

Awwww! Tiny Kitten/ Sharp sharp claws. =)

Stoneth · Needs to get out more Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 1225

WS!

http://www.marco-schrenk.de/div/finger_inside_very_young_pussy.jpg

One, two, three... awww.

That was cute. Thanks for sharing that, Skwrlcula.

Griphonix · Prattler Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 165

cute, dunno about the filename.

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

Ick. So that's why my state smells? Dead cats?

She probably didn't dispose of one or two bodies and then the diseased claimed a fair number more. I believe she didn't intentionally cause harm, but that's not an excuse for negligence.

The New Meat · Needs to get out more Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 933

How many "animal hoarders" (which is apparently the DSM term for "crazy cat ladies") are there in the US anyway? There's just so many...

http://www.asairs.com/

The "Cruelty Database" on this site has a fairly good listing of news reports of animal hoarding, as well as various other types of cruelty. Including bestiality. Fun.

Weirdly, most of the really nasty attacks listed seem to involve opossums.

MonicaKitty · Vociferator Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

Such hateful propoganda against modern cat-herders. =)

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

http://www.asairs.com/

The "Cruelty Database" on this site has a fairly good listing of news reports of animal hoarding, as well as various other types of cruelty. Including bestiality. Fun.

Too bad you can't search by abuser's name. I'd love to run a few furries through this.

RailFoxen · Vociferator Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 625

Too bad you can't search by abuser's name. I'd love to run a few furries through this.

Ka-boom ka-boom.

Kadius · Needs to get out more Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 911

My 70 year old grandmother is a hoarder too. But she doesn't hoard animals.

She got arrested yesterday for stealing flowers from graves. :(

MonicaKitty · Vociferator Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

Wha... You can get arrested for that? That's sad, not criminal.

EFudd · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 140

Well, I knew this topic might cause some debate about what to do with, "Granny Sack N Stash", but thats what forums are for.

If you want to read one of my more positive posts; go check out,
"Ron Ron & his grandson Futa" in the OFF-TOPIC section.

EFudd · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 140

I've been through NJ before, the reason theres a smell isn't the cats or the states fault. Think of this if you will, not to point fingers.

Why are Ontario and Toronto famed for being so clean and have a virtually non-existant waste problem? Its like you can't find anywhere near the two cities that have a landfill.

GoManVanGogh · Vociferator Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 659

Why are Ontario and Toronto famed for being so clean and have a virtually non-existant waste problem? Its like you can't find anywhere near the two cities that have a landfill.

Ontario is a province. You're thinking Ottawa.

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

Why are Ontario and Toronto famed for being so clean and have a virtually non-existant waste problem? Its like you can't find anywhere near the two cities that have a landfill.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... NJ is the anus of America.

Stoneth · Needs to get out more Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 1225

Why are Ontario and Toronto famed for being so clean and have a virtually non-existant waste problem? Its like you can't find anywhere near the two cities that have a landfill.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... NJ is the anus of America.

And you live there.

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

So I should know. It's a bit why most of the people here who are critical of furry are or have been with the fandom.

Jersey is worse than any fandom. It's a Bon Jovi held, corrupt, stinky and stupid state.

MonicaKitty · Vociferator Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... NJ is the anus of America.

If that's true, then Pittsburgh is the taint.

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

If that's true, then Pittsburgh is the taint.

With the balls being the Appalachians or the trailer trash of middle Pennsylvania?

I assume by ‘taint’ you mean that area between the balls and the anus. I once knew the proper name for it, began with a ‘p’. Used it a lot in gay RPs.

MonicaKitty · Vociferator Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

I assume by ‘taint’ you mean that area between the balls and the anus. I once knew the proper name for it, began with a ‘p’. Used it a lot in gay RPs.

I don't know what I find more disturbing; the fact there's an actual name for that spot, or that you used it in gay RPs. =D

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

I <3 a certain gay wolf, but I best not get into that. Unless you lot want me to post the logs for mocking value...

Found the word.

Perineum

The area between the anus and testicles, or the anus and vagina.

Stoneth · Needs to get out more Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 1225

I <3 a certain gay wolf, but I best not get into that. Unless you lot want me to post the logs for mocking value...

Please do. We could all use a good laugh.

Found the word.

Perineum

The area between the anus and testicles, or the anus and vagina.

I preffer the term scruttocks.

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

What would a good little Christian boy know about scruttocks?

Stoneth · Needs to get out more Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 1225

What would a good little Christian boy know about scruttocks?

Area between scrottum and buttocks. Scruttocks. Allthough I fail to see what being "a good little Christian boy" has anything to do with knowing one's anatomy.

I'm booke smert.

EFudd · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 140

New Jersey was a good place to visit when I was back there in '97. Nice places to see and go to as part of our family tour of the Eastern Seaboard states. This is ME saying I respect the state of New Jersey like any of the other states.

And no, I don't live in Canada, I live in the United States.

:arrow: As for evolution, thats still an iffy (NOT 'yiffy') question to be determined by the person who is ultimately in charge of the universe. When you think about, its thier decision what goes in the 'in' box and what goes in the 'shred' box.

Sagacious · Qualificator Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 19

Well, I hope the buyer will enjoy his aids... :/

Dr. Mojo · Vociferator Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 399

i have a feeling we're all holding different conversations here

AngryPuritan · Needs to get out more Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 1361

:arrow: As for evolution, thats still an iffy (NOT 'yiffy') question to be determined by the person who is ultimately in charge of the universe.

Um, no it's really not. http://www.creationtheory.org/

EFudd · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 140

Well alright, everyone is entitled to thier own opinion.

I haven't heard anyhting new on this case in particular; probably not dominating the headlines. Certainly anything else I hear related to this will be posted in this forum.

As for local New Jersey cats that heard this story about thier next door neighbor, the reation was somewhat the same.

Taking the game of, "Cat & Mouse" to the next level.

baserock love · Vociferator Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 685

Marlene Kess sounds like what i'm terrified my mom will be in 10 years. She got involved in one of those local cat concern volunteer things. When she seperates a mother cat from it's kittens she gives it valium, to help it deal with the loss. wtf