PETA investigation Sacred Vision Sanctuary cat hoarding & cruelty

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Cats living and dying in filth. A life in small cages. Seizure activities. No treatment. Literally a living dungeon -
A PETA undercover investigation—prompted by a whistleblower report—exposed the chronic deprivation and suffering of approximately 300 cats being kept in filthy, stifling, dungeon-like, disease-ridden storage units at Sacred Vision Animal Sanctuary (SVAS) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

There are no signs directing potential adopters to the so-called "sanctuary," which is hidden behind a church in an industrial area and consists of an unventilated storage facility, which is crammed with stacks of crates and carriers. Some of the cats at SVAS have endured such conditions for months, but most have been confined here for years.

The majority of the cats are kept caged 24/7 in wire crates, most of which contain two to four cats each. Only one litterbox is provided per cage, and cats—who are naturally fastidiously clean—have no way to escape the sight and smell of the overflowing piles of feces and urine. The caged cats are denied everything that is natural and important to them—they have no room to stretch or walk around, let alone explore or exercise. See photos from the investigation now.

Running out of litter and food is a virtually daily occurrence at SVAS, whose operator Elizabeth Owen, employs no paid staff. Owen herself does little, if any, caretaking or cleaning and spends most of her time tinkering in a thrift store that she runs next door. Owen often hides cats who are visibly ill or injured and in need of veterinary care in the thrift store.

Over the last few months, PETA's investigator documented Owen's systematic failure to provide veterinary care to numerous sick and injured cats, many of whom suffered prolonged agonizing deaths as a result. A volunteer at SVAS told PETA's investigator that over the years, she had buried "at least 100" cats who had died at the facility. For more information, click here.

PETA first reported Owen to law-enforcement authorities in July 2010, at which time PETA was assured that Owen would "close" her facility once all the cats were adopted. However, Owen has made no effort to find homes for the cats (she has not even put a sign out by the road to indicate that the cats are in need of homes!), choosing instead to keep "storing" the animals and depriving them any quality of life.
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Interesting to note in this MSNBC article, animal rescuers who have such sanctuaries do become nothing more than hoarders
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38978396/ns/health-pet_health/

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Pets & Animals

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• PETA investigation
• Sacred Vision Sanctuary
• animal hoarding
• cat cruelty
• animal cruelty

[AgainstCruelty1]

Just another hoarder. who calls themselves a "rescuer"

[AgainstCruelty1]

@PierreDeChat you would have shit on your nose and everywhere on your body if you were forced to live in a small cage full of your own shit and urine, wouldn't you.

[mrpresident4200]

thats what these sick bane deserve.exterminate these wild cats,they are more cruel to the prey they torture to death than what they get from these humans.

[ZeldaxKh]

Thats Awful , this makes me cry so much I can't even begin to complain...

[tuffytoes]

I'm glad that PETA is stepping in and exposing facilities like these. Sadly, the general public has no idea what is really going on in places like this, and bring out the truth will save many animals from needless torture and put pressure on local officials for more oversight and regulations to prevent this from happening again.

[just1slide]

They called themselves a "cat rescuer", but they are dont care at all!!!

it's just another hoarder!

[D3073]

PETA has been accused of setting up "undercover investigations" in order to gain publicity. I agree that those animals are suffering and I would like to help, but I won't support or help PETA.

[wolfsraingirl123]

evrybody please look in the description and click the link to sign the petition and do so

[gacktfan]

@ssuperslugful

PETA LOVER I bet you don;t even know how bad they are.

[gacktfan]

PETA SUCKS