40 cats that were kept in U-Haul van in Island Lake euthanized

Forty of 47 cats found living for months in an “unsanitary” U-Haul van in Island Lake had to be euthanized, McHenry County Department of Health spokesman Nick Kubiak said Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, given the circumstances and the unsanitary conditions the cats were living in, 40 of the 47 cats had to be euthanized for an inability to thrive with highly communicable zoonotic diseases,” Kubiak said. “The remaining seven cats were either adopted or transferred to rescues.”