Nearly 50 neglected rabbits rescued from Lancaster County property
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Mar 03, 2021
Forty-seven rabbits living in filth on a Lancaster County property were rescued this week. (Photo courtesy of the PSPCA)
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Forty-seven rabbits with untreated medical conditions were rescued Monday from filthy cages on a Lancaster County property, officials said.
The rabbits many of them babies, and some only several days old were found in cages overflowing with their own waste, according to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
On Facebook, the PSPCA said the rabbits were suffering from untreated ear infections and painful scabbing or crusting.
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A former Bristol Township animal control officer is expected to be accepted next week into a first-time offender program for using poultry shears to remove the wings of injured seagulls more than two years ago.
Attorney Ron Elgart said that William Kurko, 76, of Bristol Township, was trying to save the birds, which were among 13 intentionally run over by a car in a Tullytown shopping center parking lot in 2018.
The Pennsylvania SPCA contends that Kurko, a state-licensed wildlife trapper, was not trained, licensed or equipped to treat the birds and should have sought professional medical care for them.
The state agency filed eight misdemeanor charges against Kurko in October 2019. He faces four counts of animal cruelty and four counts of neglect of animal vet care.