1,000 mice, and other animals seized from Calgary home
By Shawn Logan, Calgary Sun
First posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 03:29 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 08:15 PM EDT
CALGARY -- The home was literally crawling with mice before the Calgary Humane Society removed more than a thousand animals in its largest ever seizure in this city.
Some 1,037 feral mice -- some caged, some wandering through the vents and walls, some roaming free -- made up the bulk of the seizure from a squalid northeast home Tuesday.
Some of them were in very bad shape, said Brad Nichols, the society's senior manager of cruelty investigations.
"Many of them were severely injured, some of them missing body parts because they were chewed off," Nichols said.
Officials were forced to euthanize 275 mice that were hurt too badly to save.
Three cats, three dogs and 80 fish were also taken from the home, most suffering from environmental distress but all likely to survive, Nichols said.
Investigators had to call off the search for loose rodents after the house was deemed uninhabitable by the health inspector, Nichols said, saying more animals may still be on the property.
Five adults were also living in the house and are now facing charges under the Animal Protection Act, but Nichols said it will take some time to go through the evidence.
While the dogs and cats will all undergo standard health and behavioural testing before potentially being made available for adoption, the fate of the surviving 762 mice is still uncertain.
Some of the hundreds of mice seized from a northeast home in the Calgary Humane Society's largest ever seizure. Supplied photo
1,000 mice, and other animals seized from Calgary home | Canada | News | Toronto
By Shawn Logan, Calgary Sun
First posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 03:29 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 08:15 PM EDT
CALGARY -- The home was literally crawling with mice before the Calgary Humane Society removed more than a thousand animals in its largest ever seizure in this city.
Some 1,037 feral mice -- some caged, some wandering through the vents and walls, some roaming free -- made up the bulk of the seizure from a squalid northeast home Tuesday.
Some of them were in very bad shape, said Brad Nichols, the society's senior manager of cruelty investigations.
"Many of them were severely injured, some of them missing body parts because they were chewed off," Nichols said.
Officials were forced to euthanize 275 mice that were hurt too badly to save.
Three cats, three dogs and 80 fish were also taken from the home, most suffering from environmental distress but all likely to survive, Nichols said.
Investigators had to call off the search for loose rodents after the house was deemed uninhabitable by the health inspector, Nichols said, saying more animals may still be on the property.
Five adults were also living in the house and are now facing charges under the Animal Protection Act, but Nichols said it will take some time to go through the evidence.
While the dogs and cats will all undergo standard health and behavioural testing before potentially being made available for adoption, the fate of the surviving 762 mice is still uncertain.
Some of the hundreds of mice seized from a northeast home in the Calgary Humane Society's largest ever seizure. Supplied photo
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