Nanette was Craig's assistant and had been working with him for many years
from her home in North Carolina, updating the website and blog, and
communicating with everyone who reached out to her regarding Caboodle
Ranch. She drove to Caboodle Ranch on a monthly basis to assist him,
hands-on, in his care for the Caboodle cats. She recently relocated and
moved into a home on Caboodle property. Her story is as injust as his, and
she needs help. This is ridiculous and has to stop! Is anybody listening?

"I’m not sure where to begin, because everyday has been a nightmare for me.
After reeling from what PETA and the ASPCA did to the Caboodle Ranch, I was
told that my own family cats would be taken as well because they were on
Craig’s property. I practically fainted at the words. Then I was “assured”
both by the Sheriff’s dept and ASPCA that ‘we won’t take your cats’ and
“you didn’t do anything wrong’. Somewhat comforted by their words, a mere 2
days went by when I was woken by pounding on my door at 8am, still in bed,
still in my night gown, when the sheriff’s officers came in with a search
warrant and authority to seize my family cats. They said I had to leave my
home while they did this. My sister was with me and we stood their in shock
in our night gowns demanding “WHY?!” and all we got was “because we have a
warrant that says so.

Numb and in shock we put clothes on and left my house. A house that I have
barely moved into 2 weeks ago, from North Carolina. We drove like zombies
to a parking lot and I fell apart. My cats were just waking up, playing,
eating their crunchers, perfectly happy and content when these strangers
came in to take them away. When we came back several hours later, I
collapsed on the floor. I could not stop crying. I kept seeing all their
sweet trusting faces and now there was nothingness, emptiness and loss.
There was no one to call, no one to help me.

My friend Jan came to be with me as well for support and to try and sort
thing out. We called TV stations, newspapers etc. Some posted our story
some not. None made a difference. Yesterday was the hearing for Caboodle
Ranch where we were going to demand the return of the cats and property
seized. We had to post pone it because the prosecutor had just then
supplied the attorney with the affidavit that supports the warrant for
Craig’s charges. I was told by the caboodle attorney (who does not
represent me) that I had to go to the Sheriff’s dept to demand my cats and
laptop back.

My sister and I did so and was met by the lieutenant and the states
attorney. The state attorney was extremely angry with me for some reason
and told me “You are not getting your cats back for a very long time, they
are state evidence!”. I was shocked and said that they were my personal
family pets! But she refused to hear me and demanded we leave and never
come back. I have records from my own vet in North Carolina with their
names on it and my NC address proving they are MINE.

I collapsed again outside in my sisters arms. I haven’t been able to eat or
sleep or concentrate. They keep telling me “you’ve done nothing wrong” and
I haven’t been charged with anything, yet they are allowed to destroy my
only joy in life and take them away and never say anything to me about
them. Now I need an attorney. I need someone to fight for me and get my
family of cats home to me where they belong. Never in all my life would I
have thought anyone in any county could do this to someone just because
they feel like it. To see my name on a search warrant was devastating
enough, I hadn’t even been in the state for 2 weeks when all this happened
so how is this possible? No one will answer me. And to take away the very
reason I have any joy at all away from me…

If anyone can help me, I need a lawyer who will bring my cats back to me
immediately. One who can either work pro bono or allow me to make payments.
I am pleading with everyone. This is so wrong and can happen to anyone. The
only reason they took my precious cats is because I worked for Caboodle
Ranch, from out of state no less. There is NO other reason…."

Nanette Entriken


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Adrian