EL CAJON, Calif., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A California motel manager said the motel was not involved in recent attempted wild cat poisonings in the motel's vicinity.
Cindy Williams, an East County Animal Rescue volunteer, said she discovered nine water bowls containing antifreeze at the Budget Inn in El Cajon, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Monday.
Williams said she leaves food and water out for the growing number of cats meandering around the motel's area in recent years.
"Antifreeze means an agonizing death for the cats," said Williams.
Williams said she found a dead cat near the motel on Sunday and brought it to the El Cajon Animal Shelter.
A necropsy is scheduled this week, the Union-Tribune reported.
The motel manager, Gabriel Hall, said he doesn't know who put antifreeze in the cats' bowls. While he doesn't want the cats around, he would never condone poisoning them, he said.
"It's horrible. Animal Control told my desk clerk on Saturday that there was antifreeze in the bowls, and they took some to test it. I don't know who could have done that ... somebody who doesn't like cats.
… We're a pet-friendly hotel here -- people stay with cats and dogs in our hotel," Hall said.
Josh Hirschmiller, an animal rescue volunteer, said he plans to trap three cats that are still near the motel. He said they will be moved elsewhere. UPI
