HOARDER
Cats seized in Palm Beach County hoarding situation need out of PBCACC now
March 5, 2015
Facebook: Britt Camacho
This is an urgent plea to those in the Palm Beach, Florida area to save cats taken during a hoarding situation. The case may turn out to be more of an animal cruelty case rather than animal hoarding, due to the condition of the cats.
Two weeks ago, Deb Keiner was found with several cats, many in poor condition, living in a storage unit. The cats were emaciated, starved and in serious condition. Ten cats were seized and taken to Palm Beach County Animal Care and Conrtol (PBCACC). Another cat, Star, is allegedly dead. Others are reported missing.
These cats are being treated, and are much better. Deb has now surrendered them to Palm Beach Animal Care and Control.
Adriana Cecelia says PBCACC is giving them extra time to get the cats out, which is good, and unusual for this shelter.
Rescues who adopted out to Deb are devastated. It's believed Deb was taking in cats from several different rescues in an attempt to keep how many cats she had secret. No one knew how bad the problem was until a few weeks ago.
A home visit was made by someone in rescue a few months back, and nothing out of the ordinary was happening then. It doesn't take long for a situation to go downhill. Help was allegedly offered, which Deb refused at the time.
If your rescue adopted out a cat to Deb, please take a good look at this photo. If you can rescue, foster or adopt one of the cats seized, please contact Britt Camacho or Adriana Cecilia via Facebook.
No charges have been filed at this time.
Aug 8, 2015
Hi everybody! Has Deb Keiner of Lake Worth been discussed here and was added to DNA lists? I just learned today that Deb Keiner was never charged with animal cruelty in PBC an am worried. She starved about 10 cats to death, 10 more were found in a storage unit in Lake Worth earlier this year and seized by PBCACC. Deb is mentally ill and might try to adopt again, she is extremely personable and convincing, she fooled several people in 2012 and also passed a home check back then. She might try to target smaller, new rescue groups or single individuals doing TNR. She is in her early 40's with long dark blonde curly hair and wears glasses.
