SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Police in Oregon say a couple has been arrested after they enclosed 35 cats into a U-Haul for three days with no food or water. Three of the felines died.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that 52-year-old Richard Kleimeier and his 46-year-old wife Jenny Kleimeier were booked for multiple counts of animal neglect.
Richard Kleimeier works for the city of Salem and his wife works for the state.
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The sheriff’s office says the cats were kept inside laundry baskets which were zip-tied together to keep them sealed in.
The Willamette Humane Society helped take the surviving cats for treatment of various ailments.
The Kleimeiers were taken to jail and later released. A court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 18.
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