India, Feb. 15 -- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Pune district, on Friday served notice to a pet owner to shift over 300 cats from her residence to an alternative location within 48 hours. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had received a series of complaints from the society residents following which an inspection was carried out on Thursday and the notice was issued the day after, SPCA officials said.

The PMC officials informed that notice was served to Rinku Bharadwaj and her sister (Ritu Bharadwaj), residents of Marvel Bounty Cooperative Housing Society, Hadapsar, who live in a three bedroom-hall-kitchen (BHK) flat with over 300 cats. Chaos reigned Thursday afternoon when the Pune district SPCA animal ...