Aug 14, 2014 3 min read

More than two dozen citations alleging unsanitary kennel conditions, failure to vaccinate animals in a timely manner and other offenses were filed against the shuttered Fayette County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Kimberly Clay on Thursday.

It was not immediately clear how Clay is connected to the shelter.

Both Clay and the SPCA face:

– nine citations for keeping unsanitary and inhumane conditions during a July 16 inspection; five of the same citation during an Aug. 7 inspection

– one citation for failing to respond to the state during a July 16 inspecition

– one citations for failing to vaccinate an animal within 10 days, issued as a result of the July 16 inspection

Samantha Krepps, spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture, also confirmed that the shelter’s license was revoked on Tuesday, for 10 days.

Krepps said SPCA officials can appeal the revocation, and will remain responsible for caring for any animals inside the facility during a quarantine issued last week.

Filed by the state dog warden, the citations come on the heels of the state Department of Agriculture ordering a quarantine at the North Union Township shelter on Rankin Airshaft Road.

Officials said last week that the shelter was put under quarantine because some dogs there had a contagious virus and were allowed to mingle with healthy dogs.

The non-profit shelter has not been allowed to accept or adopt out any animals since Aug. 7.

Between July 29 — the initial inspection at the kennel — and Aug. 7, seven dogs had to be euthanized and three were found dead in crates. Those deaths prompted the quarantine, according to a kennel inspection report.

In a kennel inspection report filed that day, dog warden Renee Harding indicated that there were 20 puppies and 40 adult dogs at the facility.

The report indicated that there was feces in one dog’s water dish, as well as feces throughout other kennels that was “consistent with the symptoms of canine parvo virus.”

The report went on to indicate that there were insects in the building, and that near an outdoor intake, there was feces piled up instead of being disposed of properly.

Additionally, Harding noted that in the cat room, inspectors found two dead kittens that “appeared to have been deceased for some time as the bodies were stiff and rigor mortis had set in, and the other cats in those pens were stepping/laying on the deceased kittens.”

Multiple dogs at the shelter appeared “lethargic, the dogs were coughing, and mucus was present in eyes,” according to the report.

One dog was “non-responsive and tremoring,” Harding wrote.

The report also noted that there were maintenance issues at the shelter.