Exclusive: renter ghosts landlady and leaves 24 cats on property

Exclusive: renter ghosts landlady and leaves 24 cats on property

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A landlady in Kaohsiung had serious cleaning up to do, after her renter ghosted her, racked up almost NT$100,000 in outstanding fees and left 24 cats to their own devices on her property. It goes without saying that the place was completely trashed, and some cats even died after the renter left. The surviving cats have been taken into a halfway home and the local animal protection office is investigating the case.

- Oh my gosh!
- I’m trying to catch one, but none of them let me.

Rescuers were notified of cats left in this studio apartment. The sight as soon as the door opens is the stuff of nightmares.

- Careful, there’s poop on the floor.
- We’ve already taken care of the ones that died.
- She’s pregnant.
- It looks like three are pregnant.

The litter boxes are filled to the brim, and even infested with bugs. The conditions are so dire for the little ones still hanging on.

Ms. Huang
Cat rescuer
There were already kitties standing by the railing. It looked like they were considering jumping off. It was really horrifying. There was no water and no food, and there was excrement all over the floor. I’d say there were around 15 cats. It’s so horrible and really astounding.

Ms. Chen
Landlady
When I leased the place to her, she informed me verbally that she only had three or four cats. Because they kept owing me the deposit and rent, and only then did I come to our property in person, and discovered that there were 24 cats inside. The woman ghosted me in mid-February. They wanted to end the contract at the end of February, and the man disappeared later, too.

Chuang Shu-ting
FTV reporter
The landlady accused the renter of not paying rent and demanding early termination of their contract. They even left personal items on the property after leaving. Some of the cats were also left here.

The landlady could not imagine that her property would be left in such a dire state. She’s urging the renter to pay all outstanding fees or face legal action. As for the cats, they’ll be taken in to a halfway home for now. The animal protection office is also investigating the case. If determined to be that of pet abandonment, the owner will be punished by law.

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房東控"房客欠租近10萬" 養24隻貓解約沒全帶走

2026-03-17

高雄有一名房東指控將房子租給一名林小姐，不過對方不但積欠房租近十萬元，還養了24隻貓，誇張的是，人提早解約離開後，貓咪還沒完全帶走，現場環境髒亂不堪，動保處接獲消息也介入了解。

- 喔買尬
- 我想要抓一隻
但是牠們現在不讓我抓

愛貓人士接獲消息，來到這一處公寓，打開門一看，嚇都嚇傻了。

- 小心喔地上有大便
- 死掉的已經處裡完了
- 牠懷孕了
- 這樣子看應該是三隻懷孕

貓砂盆滿到不能再滿，甚至還長蟲，現場環境一團亂，讓愛貓人士看了實在有夠心疼。

[[愛媽黃小姐]]
“有貓咪已經在欄杆那邊，已經就是有點像是想要往下跳的感覺，還蠻怵目驚心的，沒有水，沒有食物，地板上都是一些排泄物，預測有15隻左右，非常惡劣也非常誇張”

[[房東陳小姐]]
“租給她的時候，她口頭上是跟我說，只有養3、4隻貓咪而已，然後是因為他們押金跟租金，一直欠款的狀況下，我才來到我們的房子，才發現裡面有24隻貓咪。女生二月中的時候就直接消失跑掉，然後說合約只到二月底，男生之後也就是離開了”

[[民視記者莊舒婷]]
“房東指控租客不但欠房租，要求提前解約，甚至人走了東西沒帶走，部分貓咪也留在這裡”

好好的一間房子，被弄的烏煙瘴氣，房東要求房客盡快還錢，否則不排除提告，至於房內的貓咪，則請中途之家先收容安置，動保處現在也介入了解，若確認構成棄養行為，將依法裁處。

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