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PA STORAGE UNIT HORROR: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty PA STORAGE UNIT HORROR: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty
PA Storage Unit Horror: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty More than 50 cats were found crammed inside a freezing storage unit in Falls Township—sick, starving, and covered in filth—while their owner searched for housing, authorities said. Now, that owner is facing multiple animal cruelty charges, according to the Bucks County SPCA. Investigators say the animals were packed into "filthy, cramped cages and carriers" inside an unheated Public Storage unit on Commerce Boulevard for up to two weeks. When Falls Township Animal Control discovered the horrifying scene, they immediately called in BCSPCA, which deployed its Chief Humane Officer and a rapid-r…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania Students Rush To Save Animals From Barn Fire Pennsylvania Students Rush To Save Animals From Barn Fire
Pennsylvania Students Rush To Save Animals From Barn Fire Quick-thinking students at Octorara High School leapt into action to save animals after discovering a smoldering fire in the barn behind the school on Wednesday, Jan. 23, officials and parents said. The fire began when a heat lamp was pulled down by an animal overnight, igniting straw in one of the pens in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) classroom area, Superintendent Steven A. Leever explained in a statement. When students and staff arrived for their morning routine, they found the smoldering straw and immediately worked together to remove the animals from danger, extinguishing the fir…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Whale In 'Extremely Poor' Health Euthanized On NJ Beach, Marine Biologists Say (UPDATE) Whale In 'Extremely Poor' Health Euthanized On NJ Beach, Marine Biologists Say (UPDATE)
Whale In 'Extremely Poor' Health Euthanized On NJ Beach, Marine Biologists Say (Update) A minke whale that stranded itself on a Cape May Point beach needed to be euthanized, marine biologists said. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) said the animal was unlikely to survive, according to a Facebook update posted on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The whale was discovered on Sunset Beach in Lower Township at around 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The whale was first believed to be dead when it washed ashore. First responders discovered the whale was alive but stranded on dry sand as the tide receded. An MMSC team with a veterinarian soon arrived at the scene and iden…

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by Chris Spiker