Angels seeking men who dropped off 20 cats 'being eaten alive' by fleas

NORTH LIMA

Someone dropped off 20 cats suffering with severe infestations of fleas, lice and parasites at Angels for Animals and shelter personnel want to know who it was.

A video shows a man in his 50s and a younger man leaving the cats in the shelter’s drop-off area.

Diane Less, Angels founder, said the cats — 14 black and six grey — range in age from about 8 months to 6 years. Two of the cats are pregnant and will be spayed Friday.

They’re being kept at the shelter. The other 18 are being housed in Less’ barn so they don’t infect other shelter animals, she said.

“There was a note that was signed from a ‘17-year-old animal lover,’ ” Less said. “It said they were friendly and healthy.”

She said the cats are friendly.

“I certainly wouldn’t call them healthy,” she said.

The animals have been treated for the fleas, which provided them some relief.

“They were being eaten alive,” Less said.

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