According to officials, Barbara Poston kept four dozen animals in her home, but not all of them made it out alive.
Catoosa County Animal Control delivered a search warrant at 98 Blanch Street. What they found was horrendous...forty-eight neglected cats and dogs, at least five of them dead. �The inside of the home was� There's really a loss of words to say what you could describe it as. It was a cruel situation,� described Chris Clark, director of Animal Control.
Neighbors said as far back as last summer, the remembered smelling the stench of animals. Clark said situations of animal hording often is a sign of mental illness, explaining it�s important for the former owner, Barbara Poston, to get help. The animals she once kept in her home are now in strict isolation, many of them suffering from a respiratory virus known as RSV. A veterinarian will inspect each animal.
�We'll find out later on what each one requires and, if at all, if they're able to be cared for,� explained Clark. At this time, they don't know which animals will live or what charges the district attorney may bring against Poston. Neighborhood MapFor more information about the Interactive Animal Cruelty Maps, see the map notes.
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