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Case ID: 5629

Classification: Hoarding

Animal: cat, dog (non pit-bull)

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Hoarding � 43 animals seized
Lawndale, NC (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Sep 29, 2005
County: Cleveland

Disposition: Alleged
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Alleged: Judy Blanton Pullen

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Animal Control seized 43 dogs and cats from the mobile home of Judy Pullen on Creekwood Road in Casar.

"The odor was unbearable. The living conditions inside the home were uninhabitable," said Cleveland County Health Director Denise Stallings.

The animals were in such poor health, a veterinarian recommended that they all be humanely put to sleep.

"They were unsocialized, malnourished and were diseased," said Stallings.

Pullen reportedly had no running water.

The Cleveland County Humane Society's director said it looks like a clear case of animal hoarding.

"One more dog or one more cat, but one more here and one more there becomes one more than they can truly care for," said Director Marguerite Mebane.

Pullen has been charged with animal cruelty. The owner of Pullen's home has agreed to destroy it.

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Health department, animal control and sheriff's officials walked into a mobile home on Sept 29 to find dead animals, feces everywhere and 43 dogs and cats that were so malnourished and diseased that all must be euthanized.

Sheriff's deputies arrested Judy Blanton Pullen, 45, on misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty and failing to give her animals vaccinations. Ms. Pullen was initially rerfused bond, but jail staff said on Friday, she had been released.

Department of Social Services staff contacted Denese Stallings, director of the Cleveland County Health Department, after they went to the mobile home for another person living there.

They removed that person from the home. She would not say who that person was but said he was not a child.

Mrs. Stallings went to the home Thursday with animal control officers, staff with environmental health and a solid waste officer.

She described the scene saying trash and fecal matter covered everything inside the home, including a bed.

The animals were thin, appeared malnourished and some were missing patches of hair. She described the animals as skittish and aggressive.

Officers removed the 43 animals from the residence and Mrs. Stallings asked a veterinarian to look at them.

"They're not adoptable animals," she said. "They're diseased and not vaccinated."

She said animal control planned to euthanize the animals Friday.

Mrs. Stallings condemned the mobile home and DSS is helping Ms. Pullen find another home, she said.

"No one can ever live in this place," Mrs. Stallings said.

She told James Hefner, owner of the mobile home, that he must remove the mobile home within five days. Mrs. Stallings said he promised to comply.

Source: Shelby Star - Oct 1, 2005
Update posted on Oct 3, 2005 - 12:54PM

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Hoarding � 43 animals seizedLawndale, NC (US)

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Hoarding � 43 animals seized
Lawndale, NC (US)