Salina Post

SALINA — Salina Police and Salina Animal Shelter officials shut down an animal boarding facility Thursday for not having a permit for a boarding facility and violating city codes.

A search warrant was executed at Playful Pets, 330 N. Ninth, after the owner of the facility Stephanie Pankratz, 50, was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in municipal court on a previous violation of city code.

Authorities say 51 animals were seized, 42 of them owned by Pankratz.

The animals removed included
 18 cats
, 14 dogs, 
seven birds, five rats, 
four rabbits and 
three pigs.

The animals were placed in the care of the Salina Animal Shelter.

Vanessa Cowie, supervisor for the shelter, said the building did not have electricity and, during a three-week period between Sept. 30 and Oct. 22, the building had no running water.

None of the animals were in bad physical condition, but many did have issues with fleas and intestinal parasites.

The owners of six of the nine dogs were being kept at the facility have been contacted and arrangements were being made to return them to their owners.