Moore estimated about 10 to 20 animals were dead animals, and said he saw one rabbit - an herbivore - feeding on a dead rabbit in the same cage.ĭustin Vande Hoef, a spokesman with the Iowa Department of Agriculture, said Galkowski did not have license to sell, adopt or operate an animal rescue. Most of the animals recovered were guinea pigs and rabbits. The humane society has also claimed there was evidence that some of the animals have undergone surgery by an untrained person, something Galkowski denied. A majority of the animals will need treatment for parasites. Some rabbits have ringworm, and numerous animals have viral infections. Veterinarians at the humane society are evaluating the dehydrated and thin animals, a majority of which have fungal infections, Moore said. “Every square inch you looked, you found more and more animals,” Moore said. Volunteers found as many as 30 parakeets in one small cage. None of the animals had clean water and few had food, Moore said. In the basement, where a majority of the animals lived in overcrowded cages, volunteers could smell dead animals, feces, urine and ammonia. When Moore walked through the front door, the home smelled like a livestock barn, he said. Officers initially responded to the home to investigate suspected violations of city ordinances involving animals, and spent about 10 hours taking animals from the three-story home that has a basement. Police are still investigating and have not determined whether any criminal charges or civil sanctions will be filed. Moore said there will be more than 1,000 animals after some of them give birth. When they executed the search warrant, police said they found cages on top of cages of animals in the home and an attached garage. Police have estimated they took up to 1,000 animals, including rabbits, chinchillas, turtles, fish, birds and a ball python. Humane society v eterinarians had visually evaluated nearly 900 animals that were rescued Tuesday morning. She said she does not sell animals but adopts them, something for which she said she was working on earning a license. Galkowski called the execution of a search warrant at the home "bad timing," saying she recently received a large number of rescue animals and she was days behind in cleaning the cages because she had the flu. The children have been removed from the home by the Department of Human Services and placed with family members in another community until case managers are satisfied that the home is safe for youths, Vinton Police Chief Ted Paxton said. “It was devastating," she said of the seizures at her West Sixth Street home in Vinton. "My daughter screamed.
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