fear! Woman adopted 20 dogs and cats and let them starve to death, 18 of which were packed up and "thrown away as garbage"

The 29-year-old woman You Shirong adopted or placed more than 20 cats and dogs through the Internet, animal shelters and other channels. However, she was suspected of neglecting care, causing one female cat to be injured, infected and died, and 19 other cats died one after another because they were not properly cared for. Afterwards, she packed 18 of the cat carcasses into two bags, took them out and threw them into a garbage truck, but people stopped and exposed her. After an investigation by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office, the case was prosecuted for violating the Animal Protection Law.

The lawsuit pointed out that after renting a residence in Xinyi District, Taipei City, at the end of March last year, Younu adopted a female cat and four kittens from others on May 23. She also adopted or placed more than 20 pet cats and dogs in her residence through the Internet and animal shelters, and most of them were milk cats or kittens.

According to the prosecutor's investigation, Younu neglected to take care of her due to her poor physical and mental condition. She also failed to place the female cat in a place or entrust a place or person with sufficient care capabilities to take care of her while she was away from home. This resulted in injuries to the female cat's neck, head bruises, bleeding, cracks in the occipital bones, and lacerations to the metatarsal bones of the hind limbs. In late July last year, she was not provided with adequate food.

The female cat suffered from a bacterial systemic infection due to an old neck injury on July 22 last year, which led to bacteremia and even sepsis. In addition, she had not eaten for a period of time before she was born, and eventually died of cardiopulmonary and circulatory disorders.

Starting from September of the same year, due to poor financial and physical and mental conditions, Younu failed to provide the necessary living environment for other cats. She was often away from the residence, resulting in a dirty environment. The residence was even cut off on November 19 due to unpaid electricity bills, resulting in the deaths of 19 cats in total.

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office visited the scene on November 28 and found mummified and wax-shaped cat corpses at the scene, and another cat had escaped. On the evening of December 4, Younu went out with two bags of garbage containing 18 cat carcasses. At about 8:13 p.m., she was about to throw it into a garbage truck near her residence. One of the bags was stopped by the public and the police were called. The other bag was found at the Muzha Incinerator that night.

The prosecutor's investigation determined that Younv was suspected of failing to fulfill her duty of care, causing the loss of important organ functions of the animals, and was prosecuted for violating the Animal Protection Law. Among them, the death of 19 cats was requested to be severed from the first level by the court and punished separately from the death of the previous female cat.