AN Australian woman who lived in her car with 23 pets - 12 of which were cats - has been fined $9000 and forced to surrender all the animals to authorities.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reported Carol Lynette Samuels, 66, said she was a successful cat breeder but tough financial times last year had forced her to move out of a $1.5 million mansion on Macleay Island in Moreton Bay.
She told the Southport Magistrates Court she no choice but to move into her car along with her pets which she considered to be her "children".
An RSPCA inspector found Samuels and her pets in the undercover carpark of the Arundel Shopping Plaza in September after a complaint.
The court was told inside the car, which stank of ammonia, the inspector found 11 long-haired Persian cats and a Himalayan cat inside seven cages on the back seat and nine Pomeranian dogs and two poodles beside the car.
Vet checks showed the cats were malnourished had matted fur, fleas and cat flu. The RSPCA seized the animals and one cat had to be put down.
Samuels yesterday pleaded guilty to nine counts of breaching the Animal Care and Protection Act by failing her duty of care to feed, clean and provide adequate shelter for the cats.
"I'd lost an awful lot and a didn't want to lose my cats as well because they are the only family I've got," she said.
Magistrate Michael Hogan fined her $4000 and ordered her to pay the RSPCA $5000 for veterinary care and to pay $73.80 in court costs.
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Critique:
This is one of the special news i have ever read. It again implies the various characters in this world, some treat their pets like their own children, just like Samuels in the context above, controversially some tyrannize the tiny lives just like they arent living creatures. However, it is so exaggerating than one will see her own living less important than breeding 23 animals until she sold her mansion and lived in a car with her so-called children. The seizing of her pets must have left her in great agony as she has lost her home and now her children. It is just so unbearable that it needs time to fill up the void in her heart.
::oyaya in penang::
happy holiday~
2 comments:
An interesting new^^
erm...she is a lovely woman, that's the word i could use. she loves the animals more than everything. it is touching that she is willing to sacrifice everything include her properties just to live with her pets. however, if she is not able to feed such many animals, it will only cause those animals suffer from starvation. so guys, it is good that you have a pets like cat or dog as they are adorable, but don't have too much if you are not able to afford the cost.^^
haha....its so pity that her pets were suffering all kinds of diseases,particularly skin diseases... love the pets,but on our ability
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