MORE ABUSED & DEAD CATS FOUND IN ABANDONED HOME

ANIMAL RESCUE WORKERS CONTINUE TO BRING MORE STARVING CATS OUT OF A SIOUX CITY HOME. THAT'S AS CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE OWNER OF THE HOME WHERE OVER 50 STARVING OR DEAD CATS WERE FOUND MONDAY EVENING.

SIOUX CITY POLICE ASSISTED ANIMAL CONTROL WORKERS WITH A SEARCH WARRANT MONDAY AT 1818 GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD AND REMOVED 46 CATS AND 8 CARCASSES FROM THE HOME.

CINDY RARRAT OF THE SIOUX CITY ANIMAL ADOPTION AND RESCUE CENTER SAYS ANOTHER 13 LIVE CATS HAVE BEEN FOUND, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 59....AND THERE'S STILL MORE IN THE HOUSE:

56 YEAR OLD MARK LANNING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 14 COUNTS OF ANIMAL NEGLECT.  NEIGHBORS SAY NO ONE HAD LIVED AT THE HOME FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

RARRAT SAYS CONDITIONS THERE WERE UNFIT FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS. SHE SAYS WORKERS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF DEAD CATS INSIDE:



RARRAT SAYS THE RECOVERED CATS ARE BEING CARED FOR, BUT THE LARGE NUMBER IS PUTTING A  STRAIN ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER:



SHE SAYS A COURT DISPOSITION HEARING WILL BE HELD SOON TO HOPEFULLY ALLOW THE SHELTER TO ADOPT OUT THE CATS WHEN THEY ARE HEALTHY.