Animal Rescue in Baltimore

[Rich Baer]

A friend of mine in Baltimore just gained entry to a house he got at tax sale. Not a very good house or a very good deal but he thinks he can rent it. It is actually in the war zone near where the riots occurred. I wouldn't want it if you gave it free to me.

Anyway, he got title to the property after a lengthy appeal by the deadbeat owner. He gained access yesterday and of course the house is a wreck. He called me to say there were 2 kittens in the house that the owner had apparently abandoned. He knows I work with various animal rescue groups. He said the power was off and with the cold weather he asked me to come get them.

I went there today at sunset (scary) after he gave me the keys. Unbelievably, the former owner got back in and changed the locks. I feel so bad that the cats still may be in the house. Hopefully he took them but I doubt it. At least I dumped a bag of cat food on the porch for the feral cats. 3 cats immediately ran up to eat. Unfortunately my friend can't get back there to change the locks (again) and empty the house until Saturday. If they are still there I will be called. Say a little prayer for the little guys.

If anyone in the area needs an animal rescue or placement feel free to call me or contact me.

[Michael Gansberg]

@Rich Baer - don't let that stuff stop you! Go back and get into that house. Your friend has full rights to it(as you suggest,) those kittens could starve to death or freeze(or both) before you get back in. And how will you feel about yourself then? It'll take you years to get past it.

Find an unlocked window, open it, and put a bowl of water and some catfood down inside the house until you can go in and scope things out more carefully. I have very strong feelings about this stuff- I closed on a property once and management found a dead cat inside post-closing. That was 2009, I felt bad about it for a long while.