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‘Cat Guantanamo’: How Drama in NYC’s Cat Rescue Community Spiraled Out of Control

In this week's episode of the Hell Gate Podcast, we take you behind the scenes of an epic cat fight.

5:31 PM EDT on June 23, 2023

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It started as some Instagram drama around two missing rescue cats. Years later, it spiraled into an NYPD and ASPCA raid—and 44 charges of charges of animal neglect. How did this happen?

In this week's episode of the Hell Gate Podcast, writer-editor Katie Way takes us behind the scenes of her recent investigation into a case that recently rocked New York City's cat rescue community.

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