The pleas for help started in early July.
Rescue veteran Lily Gabriel was among dozens of people tagged over and over in social media posts.
“And I said no to everybody who tagged me,” Gabriel said.
Not because she didn’t want to help. Gabriel said “no” because she didn’t think she could.
Gabriel is a trap, neuter and release coordinator for Alleycats & Aristocats, a cat rescue and adoption based in Medina County, but serving all of northeast Ohio.
Adoptions are still happening at a good pace, however they can’t keep up with the number of animals that are being found as strays, or surrendered. It’s a crisis across the country. Alleycats & Aristocats sees the problem firsthand.
But then Gabriel got a call from a longtime friend in the rescue community, trying to find help for a large number of cats in Guernsey County, about two hours from Medina.
“She said, ‘this is so horrible.’ She said, ‘the cats are going to be euthanized.’ And she said, ‘Lily, I called and if we intervene – they won’t – they won’t put the cats down.'”
The Kimbolton Kitties as they affectionately became known, had lived with their owner, roaming his property in the tiny town of Kimbolton. Sadly the man passed away with no plans in place for the care of his cats.
And there weren’t just a few cats. There were dozens.
READ MORE: https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/pets/ready-pet-go/the-kimbolton-kitties-how-ohio-rescues-joined-forces-to-save-large-pack-of-cats-from-euthanasia/95-41762d09-4831-4edf-a4d1-904e593f1bce
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Ummm, that is alot of cats?!
Cute 0:40