Lemon Grove
San Diego Humane Society officials said Tuesday that they have sent a recommendation to the district attorney’s office in El Cajon that the 43-year-old owner of 43 animals impounded earlier this month be charged with 65 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.
The recommendation came after the animals were removed by the society from Phillis Delong’s house in the 6000 block of San Miguel Avenue in Lemon Grove because they were “living in their own excrement.”
Five 2-week-old kittens of the 19 that were impounded died of malnutrition, said Larry Boersma, a spokesman for the society.
Humane Society veterinarians found that the six birds that were impounded were infected with psittacosis, a disease transmitted through the air that may cause diarrhea and fever in humans, he said.
“Anybody in the vicinity should be aware,” Boersma said.
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