Three cats abandoned in home after owners move
Keyport, NJ (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Jan 30, 2009
County: Monmouth

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged:
» Paul DeAngleantonio
» Nancy DeAngleantonio

A former Keyport couple has been charged with animal cruelty after officials say they left their three cats inside their foreclosed home and moved out of state.

One cat died of starvation and the other two cats began to eat the dead cat to survive, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, the police chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

A real estate agent who went to the Washington Avenue home last week discovered the cats, he said.

Paul DeAngleantonio, 52, and his wife, Nancy, 50, were charged Friday with 14 counts of animal cruelty, said Amato.

Amato said the couple moved out of their Keyport home on Jan. 6. They claimed they returned to get the animals, but there was a lock on the door, he said.

SPCA Sgt. Matthew Giuliano went to the couple's new home in Horsham, Pa., and with help from police there, served them with the complaints.

The two surviving cats will be put up for adoption, Amato said.

References

• Asbury Park Press - Jan 31, 2009

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