Post A Comment EmailPrintType Size:SmallLarge32 dogs, cat, removed from Sioux City home
10:15 PM
By Molly Montag
mmontag@siouxcityjournal.com | Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Local animal control officers removed 32 dogs and a cat from a Sioux City house, saying the number of pets far exceeded city ordinance.

However, they say the animals were not abused or malnourished.

"This was a unique situation where we had an owner who took care of her dogs better than herself," said Rarrat, owner of Sioux City Animal Control. "She had 32 dogs and she lived very meagerly and she loved her dogs."

She said the animals' owner surrendered the dogs -- including collies, shelties, shiba inus among others -- to officers on Tuesday afternoon.

The animals' former owner will not face charges, but city officials red-tagged her home on the 300 block of Turner Street. It is not clear where the woman is staying.

"We wish her well and all we can do from our standpoint is do the best that we can to find all these animals loving homes," Rarrat said.

Several breed-rescue groups from across the country have already shown interesting in placing the dogs, Rarrat said. On Thursday, two of the dogs will be sent to rescue groups in Omaha.

Many local volunteers, including groomers from PetSmart, spent Tuesday and Wednesday grooming, bathing and sprucing up the dogs in anticipation of upcoming an adoption event.

For more on the event, check out Friday's Sioux City Journal.
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Mike and Cindy Foxhoven wrote on May 30, 2009 11:04 PM:
" We would like to know why this person did not get ticketed and walked away scot free we know she was not abuising the anmials but the CITY of SIOUX CITY should of done something more than that We do have new laws on this matter and new numbers of animals in a home we can have with out getting into trouble. So now everyone who has more than 2 animals in a house dont need to go get our new city permit???????What the heck is going on the CITY OF SIOUX CITY,IOWA "