MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Middle Tennessee animal shelter is turning to the community for help amid a massive rescue operation involving dozens of felines.
Earlier this week, True Rescue — a shelter in Mt. Juliet driven by donations and volunteers — said it was called out to a home in Hendersonville , where more than 50 cats and kittens were living with a woman in a rough environment.
According to the organization, many of the felines needed medical care, but there was one newborn kitten who died .
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“Most of these kitties on this case were unaltered males and females, so we knew we had to end this cycle, plus several births had already happened within the house in just the last week. There were 6 week old kittens that were extremely sick with upper respiratory infections, and of course large cat cases always involve parasites, fleas and other diseases for which we will test,” True Rescue posted on Facebook on Tuesday, Jan. 7…