SIOUX CITY MAN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL NEGLECT

CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE OWNER OF A SIOUX CITY HOME WHERE OVER 50 STARVING OR DEAD CATS WERE FOUND MONDAY EVENING.

56 YEAR OLD MARK LANNING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 14 COUNTS OF ANIMAL NEGLECT.

SIOUX CITY POLICE ASSISTED ANIMAL CONTROL WORKERS WITH A SEARCH WARRANT MONDAY AT 18118 GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD AND REMOVED 46 CATS AND 8 CARCASSES FROM THE HOME.

CINDY RARRAT OF THE SIOUX CITY ANIMAL ADOPTION AND RESCUE CENTER SAID THE SMELL INSIDE WAS HORRIFIC AND CONDITIONS INSIDE WERE UNFIT FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS.

NEIGHBORS SAY NO ONE HAD LIVED AT THE HOME FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE CATS ARE BEING CARED FOR AT THE RESCUE CENTER.