Hoarding - 29 cats seized
Warminster, PA (US)

Incident Date: Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008
County: Bucks

Charges: Summary, Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Melanie Cooper Wilk

SPCA workers removed 29 cats from a flea-infested, trash-filled Warminster apartment and charged the owner, Melanie Cooper Wilk, 56, with animal cruelty and other summary offenses. Cooper Wilk's hearing on the charges is scheduled for Tuesday.

SPCA officials and township inspectors were called to the two-bedroom Bucks Landing apartment in late July after a maintenance worker complained about a stench. Once inside, they found trash piled up and "cats and kittens running everywhere," court records said.

References

• Bucks County Courier Times - Sept 13, 2008

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