Here’s a strange chicken story that was in the Poughkeepsie Journal today:
SAUGERTIES — The Catskill Animal Sanctuary will soon be home to 40 scrawny chickens seized in a raid on an illegal methamphetamine lab in Kansas City, Mo.
Two volunteers with the haven for abused and abandoned farm animals inSaugerties are flying to Terre Haute, Ind., to pick up the chickens and then drive a rental truck the nearly 1,000 miles back to Saugerties, said Michelle Alvarez, sanctuary director of communications. The birds are expected to arrive in Saugerties late Sunday evening.
“They’re going to drive all night,” Alvarez said Friday.
The neglected chickens were discovered during a recent police raid of a property in Kansas City where a woman was operating multiple crystal meth labs. The police found the woman was keeping dozens of chicken in an abandoned house with no heat, electricity or water.
“The chickens were emaciated,” Alvarez said.
A local dog and cat shelter in Kansas City took immediate possession of the chickens while a search for a permanent home began. The fact that the Catskill Animal Sanctuary recently built a new poultry barn that holds up to 75 birds is one reason the 40 starved chickens will be traveling halfway across the country to recover.
“We’re delighted to be able to help, and so grateful to our volunteers for their superhuman effort,” said Kathy Stevens, Catskill Animal Sanctuary director.
The chickens will be given thorough exams and any necessary medical treatment when they arrive in Saugerties. As soon as the birds are healthy, they will be available for adoption to those living within a two-hour drive of the sanctuary.
The shelter, though, does not offer for adoption any of its farm animals for food production.
“If we can’t find them permanent loving homes, they’ll always have a home here with us,” Alvarez said.
“Chickens are delightful animals,” Stevens said.
The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is a 100-acre haven for 12 species of farm animals, as well as a center for raising public awareness of agribusiness. Since 2001, the sanctuary has rescued more than 1,700 animals and worked with law enforcement to bring animal abusers to justice.
An ongoing capital campaign will allow the sanctuary to increase its capacity from 200 to 350 farm animals, Alvarez said.
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