Feline Accumulation Incident

FARGO, ND (trfnews.i234.me) Forty-eight cats were rescued from a Fargo hotel room.
we had a case of cat Hoarding in Fargo this from Fargo police on Wednesday they received a call for service to related to an animal control concern 1300 block of 21st Avenue South officers arrived and learned from the management that an elderly couple living in one of the rooms was hoarding cats management believed there were approximately 20 cats inside the whole hotel room and was requesting the couple to leave the hotel immediately after speaking with officers the decision was made to allow the cats to remain in the room for an additional day at this time when they could be safely relocated by animal control on this Thursday morning Fargo police Community Service Officer avente along with Homeward animal shelter staff prepared resources to rescue the cats and have them transported to be medically evaluated upon entering the hotel room they began Gathering the cats and placing them in crates to safely transfer them they quickly realized there were many more than 20 felines in the room and additional resources would be needed after several hours a total of 48 cats were rescued and taken to the pound to be medically evaluated after a veterinarian staff have addressed any medical concerns the cats will be replaced with area shelters to begin the adoption process due to the large number of cats involved in this incident several local shelters will be involved in finding new homes for the cats I’m Neil Berg reporting for itrfnews.i234.me