The homeowner, identified as Charles Gonnell, 62, was not home
when the search warrants were executed, but he is facing charges
of extreme animal cruelty and codes violations, officials said.
Dr. Patricia Norris, a full-time veterinarian on staff with the Doña
Ana County Sheriff's Department, said she examined the cats and
found that all of them suffered from a combination of skin diseases,
upper respiratory infections and ulcerated mouths.
Norris euthanized nine cats because of the pain and suffering
associated with their extremely poor health.
"All of the cats were suffering quite a bit," Norris said. "These
conditions are hard to treat, and most would likely not recover
at this stage of illness."
The sheriff's investigators, members of the department's Animal
Cruelty Task Force, obtained two warrants Thursday after receiving
a tip of animals being hoarded at a house in the 500 block of
Amparo Road in Chaparral, said Kelly Jameson, a spokeswoman with
the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office..." More
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