Hoarding, No Kill, & Living In The Problem.. Lauretta's Down Fall..

This is what the hoarder sees, very different from how the rest of us view the situation.. Where the normal person sees overcrowding, depression, and even dying animals, the hoarder has a distorted view of their captive pets.  Whatever the gauzey film, that filters out reality for them, the rest of us look on in horror with unshielded eyes Where Lauretta saw kittens nestled, outsiders saw squalor.  We are not sypmathizers of Lauretta, we feel her seizure was long overdue, and will only briefly deter her misguided mission.  So, while our story gives a nod to  her tale of woe it's not about Lauretta. Nor will we linger long on the condition of the cats, it is the belief of this blog that many of those cats were given to her in condition that was near death.  I believed her when she said she wanted them to have quiet and dignity at the end,  she didn't want them to die alone in their cage at the shelter.   They weren't trolled from unknowing  sources on Craigslist or the classifieds.  Her cats came from WCRAS staff and volunteers, as well as NHS staff and rescues.  All of them knew this lady had a problem with hoarding, yet in the interest of manipulating the live release rate they put the cats into the care of a very disturbed lady.  I'm sure the people who surrendered their cats to the Nevada Humane Society never considered the fact their animals would be given to a hoarder, or worse yet, become dinner for a hobo down by the Truckee River. Lauretta's cats were evidence in a criminal hoarding case, and yet they were given to outside custody to be  maintained off parcel in an unstaffed, unsecured building. That's stupid, and irresponsible.. How were animals taken from the public by siezure, under a hearing date, transferred to NHS ? By what authority did NHS have an opinion on the condition of the cats.  They have no Field Services, no trained Humane Officer, they are nothing in this case.. If a statement of care was to be considered it should be an independent Veternarian hired by the County, not the vet we share with NHS.

So why was NHS  entrusted with impounded pets  belonging to a citizen ?  Mitch Schnieder has no right to transfer animals under county care elsewhere for storage.  As a matter of policy that animal still has an owner. We would like to see where Mr.Schnieder had authority to put a citizens animals in civilian care. Sure isn't authorized in WCC 55. While we're at it, lets find out why any agency is storing sick ringworm & feral cats in a substandard building ?