"Some people just need killin'"
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About 40 miles from me...
81 counts of felony animal cruelty
An Algonquin man was charged with 82 counts of felony aggravated cruelty to animals after authorities removed 101 cats from a townhouse, according to police and court records.
Of those, 86 had to be euthanized, according to the report.
Charges were filed against Lars S. Sorensen, 59, on Oct. 23, 2023. He is scheduled to appear in court March 20, records show.
Sorensen’s attorney, Brian Mirandola, declined to comment.
Kane County Animal Control Executive Director Brett Youngsteadt said the facility has 15 cats surviving and the rest were euthanized because of their aggression and sickness.
“Our ultimate goal is to rehabilitate them so they can be adopted. In these hoarding situations, it becomes like ‘Lord of the Flies,’ with each cat jockeying for position,” Youngsteadt said. “We had to do what was best for these cats.”
The cats could not be released as feral cats because they are imprinted by humans. If a feral cat is approached, it runs away. The cats would put the public at risk if a child or adult were to try to pet it, Youngsteadt said.
The vet sent photos of the cats to police.
“I observed the cats to be in horrific condition,” according to the report. “The cats had bleeding and infected wounds, looked visibly underweight and overall, looked extremely sickly.”
When the officer checked other area veterinary clinics, several also reported Sorensen had brought in cats to be euthanized.
One animal hospital told police their records showed Sorensen had 22 cats euthanized there from 2014 to 2016.
When officials arrived at Sorensen’s residence in October to serve a search warrant and seize the cats, “the floors of the residence, walls, and many other surfaces were covered in what appeared to be feline excrement and hair,” according to the report.
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The story from last year:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/24/kristel-candelario-arrested-after-leaving-baby-alone-in-ohio-home/
I guess the sentencing was today.
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Truly incomprehensible.
What's sad, is I thought this thread was about a similar case in England where the mom left her 20 month old for 6 days. The toddler died a similar death. Apparently the mom had left the kid alone at least a dozen times before.
Hard to read these with a 14-month old of my own right now.
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My mom dealt with a lot of these cases during her career. With at times rather incompetent police, incompetent case workers, incompetent prosecutors, incompetent judges.
Made things funny at home sometimes.
