An excerpt from a story from the Richmond SPCA ...
The cats who returned to the Richmond SPCA had been seized by Smyth County Animal Control on May 27 after officers responded to a complaint of EXTREME NEGLECT. They found more than 100 cats in the custody of Terri Blevins, the former director of Appalachian Animal Refuge, an organization that disbanded more than a year ago. Officers described the cats as suffering from SEVERE NEGLECT AND MALNUTRITION. Following an appeal from Blevins of the charges against her, the cats had been kept for weeks in miserably inadequate spaces in the County animal shelter, further lengthening their suffering. But, Blevins’ failure to post a required bond allowed the county to take title to the cats this week, and the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies began networking across the state to help find private agencies that would transfer them to safety and insure permanent loving homes for the cats, a plea to which the Richmond SPCA responded immediately.
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