Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Link OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A man living in a home with a layer of animal feces between 2 and 3 inches deep and as many as 300 cats, both alive and dead, was arrested Friday, authorities said. Jonathan Terpstra, 61, was charged with 55 counts of animal cruelty, two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of resisting without violence, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. Authorities had to break some windows to ventilate the home. Oxygen levels inside the home were low and ammonia levels extremely high, said Lt. Ron Baroni, with Marion County Fire Rescue. Animal feces also was backed up in corners and crevices, Baroni said. One deputy told the paper that when he arrived at the home, there were vultures feeding on a cat carcass and more vultures on the rooftop. Animal control officials removed at least 80 cats from the home by Friday evening, said Dennis Underwood, an animal control field supervisor with the county's Code Enforcement Department. The animals were being examined, Underwood said. Terpstra was being held at the Marion County jail on $1,000 bond. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNCo Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 'Jonathan Terpstra, 61, was charged with 55 counts of animal cruelty, two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of resisting without violence, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. ' And just what would 'tampering with eveidence be? Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 'Jonathan Terpstra, 61, was charged with 55 counts of animal cruelty, two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of resisting without violence, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. ' And just what would 'tampering with eveidence be? Slicing up the dead cats for home-made Chinese... Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 That's disgusting and he only has a $1,000 bond!!!! Quote Link to comment
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