AR-News: (US NC) Dogs kill 13 cats inside of animal shelter

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SignOnSanDiego.com
July 3, 2004  
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Two pit bull dogs  that may have wandered inside a shelter 
for sick animals killed 13 cats,  authorities said.  
Lee Esada, whose wife, Heather, manages the Southport-Oak Island Animal  
Rescue, found the dead cats early Friday and then found the dogs sleeping in a  
cage in the back of the shelter.  
"I was so shaken up I could barely pick up the phone to call somebody," Esada 
 said. "I've never been through anything like this before."  
Richard Cooper, director of Brunswick County Animal Services, said there's no 
 evidence of foul play. The dogs could have pushed through a hole in the  
chain-link fence surrounding the shelter and come inside the building through  
the cat door. The shelter housed about 75 sick cats.  
The dogs, one weighing 60 pounds and the other 40 pounds, were in custody of  
animal services Friday night.  
The owner of the dogs was cited for creating a public nuisance and  allowing 
the dogs to run at-large. Authorities declined to release his  name.  
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Department planned to continue investigating. 
 



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