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Hoarding - 6 dogs starving, 3 dogs, 5 cats dead
Tularosa, NM (US)

Incident Date: Sunday, Mar 11, 2007
County: Otero
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged
Charges: Misdemeanor, Felony CTA

Alleged:
» Margaret Catlin
» Seth Catlin

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 11009

Classification: Hoarding

Animal: cat, dog (non pit-bull)

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Suspect was in animal welfare field

The Otero County Sheriff's Department is seeking two individuals wanted for questioning in the deaths of several dogs and cats at a Tularosa residence.

According to Undersheriff Norbert Sanchez, Seth and Margaret Catlin, 26 and 60, respectively, are listed as the last known renters of the residence on No. 6 Sunview where sheriff's deputies discovered the rotting corpses of three dogs and five cats and six alive but severely malnourished dogs on March 11.

Sanchez said the two have allegedly operated a Web site highlonesome0.tripod.com that offers animal adoption services. Photographs of two of the recovered dogs were located on the site by investigators. The photographs show healthy animals.

According to court documents, Seth Catlin has been previously charged with one count of animal cruelty and 16 counts of failure to vaccinate animals in two separate cases.

Sanchez said his department has received an influx of offers of support and requests to adopt the animals. Community Service Officer Charlie Gonzales said three of the dogs are already in foster care. An employee of Staley's Animal Clinic where the dogs were taken and cared for said one of the dogs was taken to the pound and two still remain at the clinic.

Sanchez asked anyone who has done business with the Catlins via the Web site or knows their whereabouts to contact the sheriff's office at 437-2210.

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Two Otero County residents wanted for allegedly leaving several dogs and cats to slowly perish inside a well house in Tularosa have been apprehended.

Undersheriff Norbert Sanchez of the Otero County Sheriff's Department said officers served a search warrant Tuesday at 20748 Highway 70 West. Margaret Catlin, 61, and Seth Catlin, 25, were arrested and booked into the Otero County Detention Center on $90,000, no 10-percent bond.

Sanchez said the two have been charged with eight counts each of extreme cruelty to animals, one for each animal allegedly left inside the pumphouse.

Extreme cruelty to animals is a fourth degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison.

He said the Catlins have also been charged with five counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Those charges stem from five dogs that were left outside the pump house.

The Catlins were allegedly in possession of six more dogs and a cat at the time the search warrant was served. Sanchez said those animals had been taken to Staley's Veterinary Clinic in Alamogordo.

The two were in the process of being evicted from their residence, Sanchez said.

The Catlins were wanted for questioning following the March 11 discovery by sheriff's deputies of three dead dogs and five dead cats locked inside a pump house at a residence once occupied by the Catlins. Six living but severely malnourished dogs were found outside the pumphouse.

The Catlins are believed to have operated a Web site that offered animal adoption services. Seth Catlin had been previously charged with animal cruelty and 16 counts of failure to vaccinate animals.

Source: Alamogordo Daily News - April 11, 2007
Update posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 1:34PM

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Hoarding - 6 dogs starving, 3 dogs, 5 cats dead
Tularosa, NM (US)