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Hoarding - 39 hamsters, 6 found dead
Janesville, WI (US)

Incident Date: Saturday, Sep 30, 2006
County: Rock
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Lisa R. Gaiser

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 9666

Classification: Hoarding

Animal: rodent/small mammal (pet)

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Police on Sept 30 arrested a woman accused of neglecting hamsters at a Janesville home. Police arrested Lisa R. Gaiser, 23, at 6:21 a.m. at Union and Jackson streets in Janesville on 39 counts each of two charges: failing to provide food and drink and failing to provide proper shelter to animals.

She was in custody at the Rock County Jail on Saturday night in lieu of $13,836 cash bond.

An arrest card lists her as having no fixed address, but a police incident report names her address as 9 S. Pearl St.

It was from that address that Rock County Humane Society workers removed 33 live and six dead hamsters after a roommate called police on the afternoon of Sept 28.

She already is facing charges of failing to provide shelter and food to a Great Dane removed from her home in August. A court date in that case is approaching, said Deputy District Attorney Perry Folts.

Case Updates

Rock County�s top prosecutor says a woman arrested on suspicion of neglecting 39 hamsters won�t face charges in that matter.

But District Attorney David O�Leary said Tuesday that he will pursue an animal neglect charge in regard to the woman�s care of her Great Dane.

�We have her on the one case involving the dog, and if she�s convicted, the court can order her not to possess any animals for five years,�� O�Leary said. �It�s a waste of judicial resources to prosecute her further regarding rodents.��

Police said officers went to the Janesville home of Lisa R. Gaiser, 23, in August to check out a foul odor. They found the Great Dane in a 3-foot high, 2-foot wide cage covered in urine and feces. They also found six dead hamsters.

O�Leary said he decided to pursue a neglect charge in regard to the dog but not the hamsters because that would have required an autopsy on at least one of the rodents.

�The same day that (case) came in, we had several cases involving sexual assaults of children,�� he said. �I decided to spend my limited resources on those cases rather than a case involving hamsters.��

Source: Chippewa.Com - Oct 26, 2006
Update posted on Oct 29, 2006 - 10:35AM

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Hoarding - 39 hamsters, 6 found dead
Janesville, WI (US)