Hoarding - 2011
Theft of an animal - 2017-02-12
DAS takes in 69 surrendered cats
Dec 14, 2011
LEE COUNTY, FL - A little boy was taken from his filthy Lee County home because of the dozens of animals were living inside! But his mother just surrendered 69 of those cats to Lee County DAS. They say it's a case of someone trying to do the right thing, but then things got out of control.
In all, 78 animals were inside the San Carlos Park home and the owner, Brandy Mondry, said it was time for a change.
"There's a difference in right and wrong and asking for help and not asking for help," said Mondry.
Ultimately, 69 of the cats were surrendered by Mondry to Lee County Domestic Animals Services.
"Sometimes before you realize it, you take on more than you can handle and that's what happened in this situation," said Ria Brown, with Lee DAS.
The cats all came in from a rescue group that Mondry started called Hopes Furever After.
"You wake up to crates of cats on your doorstep, dogs tied to your doorknob, things of that nature happen," said Mondry.
The cats also caused her son to be removed from the home.
"DCF did unfortunately take my 11-year-old son from the home because of the ammonia smell because I had a large number of cats through my rescue group," Mondry said.
Officials from DFC said, "In cases where there are environmental hazards like this one, where the house was unclear to the point the child's safety was at risk, we help the family remedy the situation."
While they investigate, the child is staying with his grandparents.
"Were going to keep our fingers crossed that me finding good homes for these guys will allow my son to come back home," Mondry said.
The woman was allowed to keep five cats and four dogs.
But the situation is putting stress on Animal Services, now taking care of more than 400 animals that need homes.
Woman surrenders 69 cats to DAS; state takes away her son
By Sabina Bhasin
Published on: 12/14/2011
A San Carlos Park woman surrendered 69 cats but the state took away her 11-year-old son.
Brandy Mondry, who was described as a woman 'with a good heart,' surrendered the cats after saying she became 'overwhelmed' from rescuing too many.
She told officials at the Lee County Domestic Animal Services she was running a rescue she called Hopes Furever After.
'Not all of the cats were healthy, but most of them were,' Ria Brown, spokeswoman for the shelter, said. 'They all seemed very friendly.'
Mondry admitted to NBC-2 that the situation got out of control
'You wake up to crates of cats on your doorstep, dogs tied to your doorknob, things of that nature happen,' said Mondry, who kept five cats and four dogs. 'There's a difference in right and wrong and asking for help and not asking for help.'
The cat also caused her son to be removed from the home.
'DCF did unfortunately take my 11-year-old son from the home because of the ammonia smell because I had a large number of cats through my rescue group,' Mondry said.
Officials from DFC said, 'In cases where there are environmental hazards like this one, where the house was unclear to the point the child's safety was at risk, we help the family remedy the situation.'
The child is staying with his grandparents during the investigation.
'Were going to keep our fingers crossed that me finding good homes for these guys will allow my son to come back home,' Mondry said.
Brown said Mondry had rescued some cats who were in poor health and was working to rehabilitate them. Most of the cats have either been spayed or neutered, Brown said. They also went through a checklist on each of the cats to ensure all vaccinations had been given.
The shelter is putting out a call to the community to come and adopt the cats as the shelter is now overwhelmed.
In addition to the 69 cats joining the shelter on Wednesday morning, more than 100 cats and dogs currently reside there.
To encourage adoptions, Brown said, they are offering a 2-for-1 special on cats and the 69 surrendered are $30.
Brown also said notices were sent to Mondry after complaints were filed by neighbors.
'People have to look at their resources and be realistic when they do this,' Brown said. 'You need to make sure you won't be overwhelmed because in the end it doesn't help you or the animals, no matter how much you want it to.'
Theft of an animal
Feb 2017
Dog - Lexi, owned by Parker’s Rainbow Bridge & Lori Steury Berroa
Lexi, the dog is being kept from the rescue by former foster Brandy Mondry. The cops have tried, she won't answer the door or her phone.
We fear she's done something to the dog, she's threatening us with a lawsuit. She contacted AVID and registered the dog to her. The rescue proved she didn't own dog, they changed chip to stolen.
Brandy was fostering for Parker’s Rainbow Bridge and didn't bring Lexi to three events in three weeks so rescue demanded her back and she refused.
Brandy sent an adoption application for her roommate on Sunday saying that he wanted to adopt her. Rescue told her she needed to bring the dog to the event and they would review the applications and make the best choice. Brandy never showed with Lexi, so rescue drove to the house and supposedly she wasn't there at that time.
Brandy Mondry was cited in 2011 with 72 animals.
Lost & Found Pets of Florida
Please spread the word! Lexi was last seen in Fort Myers, FL 33905.
Description: Lexi was stolen from parkers rainbow bridge animal rescue by a former foster
on 2/12/2017. She was last seen by rescue at our vet office on 1/4/17.
She is reported stolen to the microchip company and all local authorities
Foster has fraudulent paperwork to try to show proof of ownership.
Nearest Address: Neal Road, Fort Myers, FL, United States
DNA Florida
