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200 Cats, 13 Dogs Living In Deplorable Conditions Inside Rescue Organization Saved In Hollister

HOLLISTER, Calif. (KGO) -- Hollister Police rescued hundreds of animals from inside a local animal rescue shelter.

On Thursday, police served a search warrant at a home off El Toro Drive. They discovered cats and dogs were living in deplorable conditions without food or water and housed with built up feces.

Police arrested a couple for felony animal cruelty.

They said the two were founders of an animal rescue organization called SBC Pet-A-Palooza Rescue Inc.

Hollister resident Sherri said she connected with one of the organization's founders through Facebook last weekend and adopted two cats on Sunday.

"When I read about it I was just taken back. I was absolutely taken back," Sherri said.

She noticed no red flags, the cats were in clean cages and looked well fed.

"You could tell he cared, he brought a big bag of food and the ears were clipped and they were spayed and neutered and I was just shocked- I was absolutely shocked it was the two of them that was arrested," Sherri said.

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Police said 200 cats with extreme medical conditions and 13 dogs were saved from the property.

Kiska Icard, the Acting Deputy Director of San Jose Animal Care & Services, said people may be well intentioned when running rescues - but overcrowding is detrimental.

"Just because you can set up another crate doesn't necessarily mean you might have the personnel to actually adequately provide that care so it really puts the entire population of animals at risk when you exceed your ability to be able to care for them," Icard said.

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For people looking to adopt from a shelter or rescue agency, ask questions and observe conditions of how they're transported.

"One of the ways that you can kind of vet the conditions of these animals might be kept in is by simply asking how many animals do you currently have facility? How many spaces do you have for the animals?" Icard said.

She suggests visiting the facility if you can.

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Outside the home off El Toro Drive, a 'do not enter sign' is posted on the door.

ABC7 spotted several cats wandering around the front yard.

For animal advocates like Sherri- she hopes people make the right decisions if they're overwhelmed.

"Just reach out for help, you know there are so many people that love animals. I know there's just so many people that would've been here for them," Sherri said.

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Dogs From Sweet Paws Rescue Quickly Find New Homes After Pet Parade Appearance

Two dogs find new homes after Pet Parade appearance

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BOSTON – It didn't take long for two dogs featured on WBZ-TV's Pet Parade to find new homes.

You may remember Puck and Ruthie from last week's edition of Pet Parade.

We're happy to report these two dogs from Sweet Paws Rescue have now found their forever homes.

Ruthie and Puck with their new owners. Courtesy Photos

Puck went to a great family and has two teenage siblings.

Ruthie also has a new home with as a couple from Newbury adopted her before they even met her after seeing her on Pet Parade.

Her foster mom tells WBZ-TV that Jon and Allyson are the perfect parents for her. Ruthie has siblings too - a 9-year-old beagle and a cat.

I'm An Animal Rescue Officer And There's A Really Easy Way To Get Rid Of Pet Hair

OUR pets are often part of the family and just like your loved ones, you can end up spending hours cleaning up after them.

Rather than following them around with a hoover, one animal rescuer has revealed the best way to get rid of their hair with a surprising household item.

Felicia Wilson has been dubbed the 'real life Snow White' because of love of animalsCredit: tiktok/@feliciawilson_85

The cat lover demonstrated how easy it to get rid of hair using her hackCredit: tiktok/@feliciawilson_85

Dubbed the 'Real Life Snow White', Felicia Wilson known a thing or two about all creatures great and small.

This animal transporter has a huge 3.2 million followers on Tiktok with her videos of the various animals she has rescued in and around Florida.

Whilst she might be known for her love of four legged friends, the influencer is also helping pet owners clean up their space and get rid of pet hair for good.

Like many animal lovers, the content creator had struggled with fur flying around her home.

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Showing off her marigolds, she added: "All you need is this. Take it from somebody that works with pets all day, everyday."

Running her gloved hand along the moggy's pet bed, she easily pulled up an entire fur ball's worth of hair with minimal effort.

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"Look how easy this is and you can get all the cracks and creviced [in] like two seconds," she said as she demonstrated the technique.

She even had a way to get even more hairs out of her home and told fans that her hack works best when you slightly dampen the glove with water.

The animal rescuer gushed: "It actually works even ten times better…and it actually works even ten times better because guess where [the hair] is stuck to…"

Unsurprisingly, her hack went rapidly viral among pet owners with over half million people seeing viral video.

Many impressed viewers were eager to try her hack, with one impressed viewer saying: "Omg I used so much of my lint roller."

Another admitted that they couldn't believe that they'd wasted so much time on cleaning up after their pet.

"This easy?!" they commented: "I'd given up. My entire house and self is constantly COVERED in dog hair."

A third wrote: "Omg!!! Gurlllllll I've been looking for a solution that isn't pricey and you just answered my prayers!!!!"

Even better, this cleaning solution won't break the bank as you can pick up a pair of rubber gloves for as little as £1 at Poundland.

Now, you have no excuse for place not to look purrr-efct.

The animal lover also suggested wetting the rubber glove to get more hairCredit: tiktok/@feliciawilson_85

Having trained as an animal transport office, Felica says this is her favourite hackCredit: tiktok/@feliciawilson_85

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