A Purrfect Tail?, November 3, 2013 Forty felines find foster families By TIM GURRISTER and BUBBA BROWN Standard-Examiner staff BRIGHAM CITY — The nearly 40 cats taken from a home here are all in foster homes or otherwise cared for in a Salt Lake animal shelter. "They all got bubble baths last night and have been completely checked over, dewormed, and are now in foster homes to be evaluated," said a spokeswoman for Utah Animal Adoption Center, formerly Wasatch Humane Society. The group's Facebook page, Utah Animals, and website, utahanimaladoptioncenter.org, received numerous offers of help after the story of the cats and kittens broke Friday. Two of the cats who are pregnant are being kept at the shelter, 1955 Redwood Road. Their kittens will be available for adoption in about 12 weeks. According to news reports, the landlord of the two unnamed elderly brothers who apparently were taking care of the cats evicted the men because of the pet problem, then called Brigham City animal control. Box Elder Dispatch had no reports on the incident; dispatchers on Saturday noted it was handled by the shelter group after it was contacted by animal control. Lindsay Ortega, cat lead for the adoption center, handled the case and said she'd never come across that number of cats in one home. "I've never seen anything quite like this," she said, "especially because they were all under a year old." The cats began with just one pregnant cat. But in the last year, they kept multiplying until there were 40. Ortega said that as the cats' numbers grew, it became overwhelming for the men. "I don't think they had the knowledge or the resources to deal with it," she said. Most of the cats were skinny, in need of nourishment, Ortega said. It was unclear if the brothers would be facing any legal consequences. Contact reporter Tim Gurrister at 801-625-4238 or tgurrister@standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at @tgurrister. Contact reporter Bubba Brown at 801- 625-4221 or bbrown@standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at @BubbaBrownSE. Drew Holley and Bailey DeVries Participated remont High School erforming Arts Department Presents Nov. 15,16,18,22,23 @ 7:00 pm Matinee, Nov. 23 @ 2:00 pm sic & Lyrics by Frank Loesser BasecTo«4he book by Jo Swerling*&-Abe Burrows Hpr Purchase your tickets @ fhs.wsd.net and save! Reserved Seating: $10.00 each General Admission: $8.00 adults, $6.00 seniors, students and children under age 12 j^t, (Ticket prices at the door will be $11.00, $9.00 and $7.00)