A Follow Up On That Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary Story

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As you know I started a discussion about the deplorable conditions at the Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary in which it's owner, Linda Bruno had her placed raided by the Philadelphia SPCA last week. There were an estimated 600-700 cats at her sanctuary, most very sickly and many near death. She did not believe in euthansia when a cat became sick, instead allowed them to die "natural" death...even if it meant the cats were in terrible pain. An estimated 150 cats that had died were kept in freezers, until supposedly she could find places to bury them and already had perhaps hundreds buried on the property. You can see my original discussion here. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1438309.aspx?p=1 I got a rather "conflicting" email from the same Yahoo cat rescue group, indicating that this was a "witch-hunt" that in the 14 years of Tiger Ranch's operation that there had been no problems about the place and that the woman was genuinely compassionate about caring for cats that no one else wanted, not even shelters and would have been put down anyway (Quote) ..."I have inside information about what happened. I have been informed that it was the Philidelphia Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Animals that sought the search warrant. There were two elderly cats that died natural deaths last Wednesday evening. For some reason Lin did not euthanize these two but believed natural death was better. I myself don't necessarily agree with that but I have friends that have let there pets die at home without any assistance. The "undercover" person filmed this and a warrant was obtained. They took everything - the sick and elderly have been euthanized and the bodies have been incinerated so there is now no evidence of the cat's true condition. Here is the real interesting part of it the Phili SPCA has the new cable contract for "Animal Cops." Apparently it was filmed in New York or somewhere that has been sued a number of times for the taking of animals - sucessfully sued in some cases and the show is no longer being filmed whereever it was previously done. Phili needs a big season opener. Need I say more? The Phili SPCA left baited traps there unchecked for days and left ferals without food for days. The county that Tiger Ranch is in the animal control people there stand behind Lin Marie and had no idea about this raid. Lin is now out of jail. Even her old dog Captain is in a county shelter and there is concern about him because he was protective of Lin and the sanctuary cats and people who know him are worried that he will snap at someone and be put down. There were of course animals in the freezer and buried on the property. This seems to have been a witch hunt. The Phili executive director's name I beleive is Howard (last name) and he is behind this. He is the one semi crying or crying on the video clips. Hopefully, there will be a web site put up for Lin providing more of her side of the story and an address to help send money for her defense. Also, I suggested writing the state's attorney there and reminding him that he is an elected official and what happened is a tragedy. I will post his name and address when I get it. The damage is already done. Whether Lin is vindicated in court or convicted her animals have been taken. Their life at the sanctuary is no more. Her cats, chickens, her goat and horses are gone. The horses had acers and acers of pasture. The goat was tethered to the side of a barn eating grass when the raid occurred. Hopefully her lawyer will obtain an emergency injunction to prevent any other animals being put down. Hopefully, this group will be held civilly liable for what they have done..." Now it just could be true that the undercover film crew only filmed sick cats to make it look like this was the conditions of all the cats...and as indicated in this email notice, the SPCA itself set traps for the feral cats, and THEY themselves did not attend to the cats right away resulting in those trapped cats starving to death... I was able to dig and find one website that shows an interview with Linda Bruno aka Lin Marie where she talks about the raid, etc and the cats taken...but then there is also the undercover video itself...In the one interview she states that she was on a "Christian mission" to save the cats http://kdka.com/local/Tiger.Ranch.Cat.2.679899.html One has to sift through a number of videos to get to all of them, including the undercover video of the sick cats So what's the real story here? Was this a "witch-hunt"?? Was the Philadelphia SPCA less then honest in its approach about this, including the idea that they themselves were responsible for the death of many cats by trapping cats and leaving them to die for so called evidence? Is this Linda Bruno justified in caring for cats no one else, not even shelters would take in and got overwhelmed by the numbers of cats? Or is she a glorified pet hoarder with her "Christian Mission" attitude...Watch the videos ...