Officials Spend Days Removing Almost 200 Animals From Home
Officials Euthanize Cats, May Put Dogs Up For Adoption
POSTED: 6:05 p.m. CDT October 22, 2003
UPDATED: 6:31 p.m. CDT October 22, 2003
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- 
City Animal Control officials returned to a home Wednesday where more than 100 dogs were found the day before. Officials made the trip to pick up nearly three dozen more animals that officials could not get in one day.
Karen Brewer and her mother, Memory Miser, own the five-room home where most of the animals were found. Others were found in the home's back yard.
Most of the 160 dogs were taken to the Kansas City animal shelter. One needed surgery. A staff veterinarian said the rest of the dogs have gum disease, muscle atrophy and they are undernourished. The 32 cats removed from the property were all euthanized because they were ill, KMBC's Brenda Washington reported.
Brewer said that lack of money led to the conditions in the home -- not a lack of care. But officials disagree. Robyn Kendrick, with the Animal Control office, said animals were found in filthy carriers and conditions throughout the home were unsanitary.
Brewer said she didn't sell or give any of the animals away because she "loved them more than anything."
She added that at one time, she and her mother were breeding the basenjis, which was the breed of most of the dogs found in the home.
The pair has been cited on city charges of animal cruelty, having more than four animals and for having unlicensed animals. They could also face possible state animal cruelty charges, Washington reported.
Animal Control officials said that if the women don't get the dogs back, the animals will be up for adoption in about a week.
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City Animal Control officials returned to a home Wednesday where more than 100 dogs were found the day before. Officials made the trip to pick up nearly three dozen more animals that officials could not get in one day.
Karen Brewer and her mother, Memory Miser, own the five-room home where most of the animals were found. Others were found in the home's back yard.
Most of the 160 dogs were taken to the Kansas City animal shelter. One needed surgery. A staff veterinarian said the rest of the dogs have gum disease, muscle atrophy and they are undernourished. The 32 cats removed from the property were all euthanized because they were ill, KMBC's Brenda Washington reported.
Brewer said that lack of money led to the conditions in the home -- not a lack of care. But officials disagree. Robyn Kendrick, with the Animal Control office, said animals were found in filthy carriers and conditions throughout the home were unsanitary.
Brewer said she didn't sell or give any of the animals away because she "loved them more than anything."
She added that at one time, she and her mother were breeding the basenjis, which was the breed of most of the dogs found in the home.
The pair has been cited on city charges of animal cruelty, having more than four animals and for having unlicensed animals. They could also face possible state animal cruelty charges, Washington reported.
Animal Control officials said that if the women don't get the dogs back, the animals will be up for adoption in about a week.
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