14 cats rehomed after owner gets hospitalized for 10 days
14 cats rehomed after owner gets hospitalized for 10 days
2026-05-07
Fourteen cats in Hsinchu were left to their own devices locked up in an apartment for 10 days, after their owner suffered a traffic accident and was hospitalized for more than a week. Inside, rescuers found shocking conditions: dirty water, swarming bugs, piles of garbage and cats so desperate for hydration they were drinking from the toilet. Some of the animals showed signs of illness and neglect, while two terrified cats were discovered trapped inside a wall after trying to flee through the hollow ceiling. All 14 felines have now been rescued, as authorities investigate the owner for possible violations of the Animal Protection Act.
A grey-and-white munchkin cat balances on the rim of the toilet, which is full of dirty water and bugs. The kitty hears the warnings, but goes in for another sip.
The cat was so thirsty it was even drinking toilet water. Inside the apartment, the dirt and stench was unbearable as the cats had been without clean water or basic care for a long time. Some of them were losing their fur and had parts of their body swelling, likely due to skin diseases. A total of 14 cats were trapped in this small room.
Lin Chih-cheng
Animal Protection and Quarantine Center
When we went to rescue the cats, we found two of them had made their way into the hollow space in the ceiling and got trapped in the wall. With the landlord’s permission, we sent a team to tear down the wall and get the cats out.
Two cats tried to escape to the neighbor’s unit via the hollow in the ceiling, and refused to come out. Neighbors noticed something was wrong, and called animal protection officials on Tuesday. With thermal imaging devices and the landlord’s permission, they pinpointed their locations and tore down the wall to rescue the two calico cats. All 14 felines have since been taken to a shelter.
Huang Hsuan-fu
HERSA
From what we know, their owner suffered a traffic accident and was hospitalized without being able to go back home for 10 days. With nobody to care for the cats, they just roamed and paced around hungrily.
Their owner is a man in his 50s who got hospitalized on April 25 due to a traffic accident. During his hospital stay, he did not ask friends to take care of the cats. When he returned to his empty home on May 5, he showed no interest in where his cats had gone neither did he enquire about their health condition. His actions constitute a breach of the Animal Protection act on improper pet care. An investigation has been opened and penalties may be imposed according to the law.
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新竹"14貓遭丟包困套房"散發惡臭 渴到喝馬桶水
2026-05-07
新竹有名男子因為出車禍，住院超過10天，家裡14隻貓咪沒人照顧，跑到鄰居家天花板的輕鋼架夾層內想逃命。接獲通報，動保團體發現套房內不但環境髒亂，散發惡臭，貓咪甚至渴到直接喝馬桶水，多隻還疑似罹患皮膚病，讓人看了於心不忍。
灰白色短腿貓，踩在馬桶裡，但水一看就不乾淨，馬桶上還有好幾隻蟲子在爬，但小貓不聽勸，扭頭繼續喝。
小貓渴到不行，連馬桶水都照喝，套房內環境髒亂，散發惡臭，貓咪就生活在垃圾堆與排泄物中，疑似長時間缺乏乾淨飲水與基本照顧，好幾隻貓出現脫毛、紅腫，疑似罹患皮膚病。多達14隻貓咪，被困在這小小房間裡。
[[動物保護防疫所技正 林志成]]
“將貓隻救出後，發現有兩隻貓沿著輕鋼架，然後掉到那個牆中的夾層，那我們昨天晚上也派人去把它破牆，經房東同意後破牆 把貓救出來。”
還有貓咪想活下去，逃到隔壁戶天花板的輕鋼架夾層內，不肯出來，週二鄰居報請動保單位協助處理，最終經過房東同意，使用熱顯像確認貓咪位置後，破壞牆面，才順利救出2隻三花貓。14隻貓咪如今通通被帶回安置。
[[新竹縣流浪動物珍愛協會副理事長 黃宣富]]
“據了解之後就是說，他這個飼主已經大概應該有10天左右沒有回到家，因為車禍跟住在醫院，然後也沒有人來照料，所以可能貓就挨餓，然後就四處亂竄。”
據了解，50歲男性飼主，4月25號就因為車禍住院，但期間不但沒有找朋友來幫忙照顧貓咪，5月5號回家時，也不怎麼關心貓咪的去向及健康狀況。因觸犯動物保護法，不當飼養，後續新竹動保護所介入調查，並依法裁罰。
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