Cats And Kittens From Warren County Hoarder House Up For Adoption

WARREN COUNTY, NJ — Known for having “nine lives,” many cats are up for adoption locally and ready for a new start after they were rescued from animal hoarding situation.

About 19 were taken to the Tranquility Veterinary Clinic after they were rescued from the Blairstown house where their elderly owner had passed away alone.

There were approximately 150 cats initially estimated on the property according to the GoFundMe fundraising page set up by Tranquility Veterinary Clinic’s Co-Medical Director Sarah Jones, a neighbor of the senior citizen where who first had the cats and other animals, a woman Jones only identified as “Glenda.”

Jones’ clinic still has some in their care, with others groups currently holding other cats found at the site. Jones told Patch on Monday that of the original 19 that her clinic took in, two cats were adopted and six adoptions are pending.

The cats “have been dewormed, treated for fleas and have received antibiotics for upper respiratory infections,” she said.

“So far all are responding well and they are very happy and playful,” Jones added.

As each is adopted, the cat is spayed or neutered, said Jones.

Jones set up the Facebook Page “TVC Rescue Cats,” where she had posted updates about the cats and had posts set up about the GoFundMe drive, which had resulted in close to $3,900 in donations, with over $1,400 in the first few days.

Any excess donations were earmarked for Southern Paws, Inc., the fundraiser read, a group that helped in the rescue efforts.

Jones wrote on the TVC Rescue Cats page that she was shutting down the fundraiser after Monday “because we’ve had such an amazing outpouring of support.”

“Should we need additional supplies or money to care for the cats, we will post an update on how to help,” Jones wrote.

Some of the cats and kittens up for adoption are pictured below. For more information to adopt one of them, email tvcrescue@gmail.com.

One of the groups that has been instrumental in trapping and and helping with the rescue of cats and other animals on the property has been Blairstown’s Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery.

Nicole Asher, the organization’s founder, told Patch that her group has been working with Southern Paws and Guardians of Rescue, with representatives from all three groups there this past Sunday.

“We personally captured 54 cats,” Asher said of her group, with feeding stations and cameras still set up on the property.

“So far, I believe we got them all,” Asher said Monday.

On Oct. 4, Asher reported in one social media post that over 100 “cats and kittens of all ages were removed” and at that point her group had caught 44 of them, with four more trapped later that night.

Asher said that as she trapped some of the remaining cats, she took them to Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary in Frelinghuysen, with 10 presently housed there “waiting to go to Tranquility Vet to be vetted," as of Monday.

Below are photos of some of the adult cats that Buddha Dog Rescue and Recovery helped to trap:

“We have networked with many other rescues to get the cats placed in homes or barn situations,” Asher added.

Asher brought two dogs from the property to the Ramapo Bergen Animal Rescue in Oakland, as well as five roosters and one hen to Antler Ridge.

There were 25 sheep and two goats that are now in North Carolina, with relatives of the woman in Blairstown, where they reportedly have six acres that the goats and sheep can graze on. Watch the video below to see the place that the sheep and goats will now call home:

Nikki Dawson of Guardians of Rescue contacted Patch and said at of the end of this past week, their organization had approximately one dozen feral cats that “need working homes,” where they could be “mousers” in barn homes.

To take a rescued cat in to live in a barn home environment, contact info@guardiansofrescue.org or call 888-287-3864.

For more information about any of the groups in this story, see their websites and Facebook Pages below:

Tranquility Vet Clinic/TVC Rescue Cats - Website, Facebook
Buddha Dog Rescue and Recovery - Website, Facebook
Southern Paws - Website, Facebook
Antler Ridge - Website, Facebook
Guardians of Rescue - Website, Facebook

“We can’t thank everyone enough for all they’ve done to help the cats,” Jones said.

RELATED: More Than 150 Hoarded Cats In Warren County Need Rescuing, Care

Questions or comments about this story? Have a news tip? Contact me at: jennifer.miller@patch.com.