Cat sanctuary owner, employee arrested charged with animal cruelty
by khou.com staff
khou.com
Posted on January 18, 2012
HOUSTON—The owner of a cat sanctuary, and one of her employees, are charged with animal cruelty.
More than a dozen cats were found dead inside the Whiskerville Animal Sanctuary in Texas City.
Investigators said they hadn't been fed in more than a week.
One hundred and ninety cats were rescued and are now being kept at other shelters.
Whiskerville owner Wydell Dixon and her employee Kim Paskert turned themselves in Wednesday.
(News Media: For more information contact Kurt Koopmann, GCHD Public Information Officer, 409-938-2211 or kkoopman@gchd.org)
