Cat breeder neglect Casselberry, FL (US) Incident Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 County: Seminole Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Alleged: Sheila Gitlin Dye

Case ID: 6848 Classification: Hoarding, Neglect / Abandonment Animal: cat View more cases in FL (US) Login to Watch this Case

Sheila Gitlin Dye, 52, breeder of Queen of the Desert, the brown tabby exotic who was the 1997 CFA �Best kitten" had animals removed from her home due to neglect.

Casselberry Animal Control supervisor Vicky Hilburn and staff, with local police, on May 18, 1999, removed Queen of the Desert and 13 other cats from Dye�s allegedly feces-and-trash-filled home. Three dead cats were reportedly found among the debris. Dye was charged with cruelty.

CFA president Don Williams, of Ocala, Florida, told Orlando Sentinel reporter Doris Bloodworth that he knew Dye as a fastidious housekeeper who pampered her pets. Williams� daughter lived with Dye circa 1992, while attending the University of Central Florida, Bloodworth wrote.

Queen of the Desert co-owner Becky Orlando, of Palm Desert, California, told Bloodworth that Dye acknowledged having been depressed in a post-arrest telephone conversation. Orlando said Queen of the Desert was worth about $25,000. Orlando was among several owners or co-owners of cats recovered from Dye who took custody of the survivors.

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Animal People News - July 1999

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