On Apr 25, 6:23=A0pm, Michel Oosterbeek <so...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > What happened to him?
>
> He was rescued along with 400 others from a place in Belgium where they
> were neglected. Most of them were ill, wounds, lice, mytes, etc... 70 of
> them even had to be euthanised. It even made the local news:
>
>
http://www.gva.be/nieuws/Binnenland/default.asp?art=3D%7BFA761DED-BE29-...=
>
> Because the article is in Dutch, I have made a rough translation of it:
>
> ----------- translation of the artice ---------
>
> At the home of a 50 year old handicapped woman in Lierde, 400 neglected
> guinea pigs have been discovered. The woman phoned to an animal pound in
> a panic, claiming she was being evicted. She surrendered the guinea pigs
> for adoption.
>
> The guinea pigs rescued from the attic are now available for adoption.
> The shelter for birds and wild animals in Geraardsbergen is urgently
> seeking homes for 330 guinea pigs.
>
> The woman lived in a condemned home and clearly needs guidance. She
> explained that she started with 10 guinea pigs, and that it got out of
> control with breeding.
>
> The shelters' personel was confronted with a penetrating smell of amonia
> and deffening squeaking. It took them two days to catch all the guinea
pig=
s.
>
> Only one dead guinea pig was found. Seventy severely weakened guinea
> pigs had to be euthanised.
OH my god that is unbelievable! Old people who love animals have
their hearts in the right place but leave it far too late to ask for
help. We had an old woman shown on TV who has ponies with overgrown
and infected hooves. Her property was also over-run with chickens.
They were all over the place. Clearly the old dear cares about her
animals but has bitten off more than she can chew in her old age.
400 little piggies all in a row? That is so unimaginable.
Megan
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