Thursday, January 29, 2009

70 Cats Removed from Pine Grove 'Cat Santuary'

Nearly 70 cats were removed from deplorable conditions at a so called cat sanctuary.

Virginia Kresge Justiniano operated the Cats With No Names sanctuary where approximately 70 cat lived in deplorable conditions that included thousands of drug paraphernalia items. Some cats recovered have health problems as well as a number of cats that were found dead. The dead cats included one who died while trying to get into a box of cat treats.

Justiniano, 50, and her live in boyfriend Andy Oxenrider,38, of Tower City are in Schuylkill County Prison on $25,000 bail related to drug charges.

They may still face charges related to animal neglect and abuse.