HARPERSVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) – 100 or more cats are getting a second chance at life after a local animal rescue group stepped in to save them from possible euthanasia—just hours after Shelby County authorities confiscated more than 50 cats from a hoarding situation in Harpersville on June 2.
The dramatic rescue unfolded quickly. Officials say the cats were taken from a single owner, whom Harpersville Police have now labeled a hoarder. The plan was initially for the Shelby County Humane Society to take the animals in gradually, but with limited space, only enough for about 10 cats, the majority of them faced being put down.
That plan changed suddenly, and no one seems to know why…