2026年8月13日 / 美国东部时间上午8:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
警方表示，目前已从华盛顿州一处海滩附近锚定的废弃帆船中救出60只猫和小猫。
这艘40英尺长的帆船本月初在塔科马欧文海滩附近水域被首次发现，目前仍是一项正在进行的刑事调查的重点，同时警方也在持续搜寻可能仍未被执法人员找到的其余猫咪。
“尽管我们认为已将所有猫咪安全从船上转移，但任何养猫的人都知道，猫咪特别擅长躲藏，”塔科马警察局在周三分享的社交媒体帖子中写道，“因为仍有可能有猫咪留在船上，我们的工作尚未完全结束。”
经过近一周的定位和小心搜救，塔科马警察局周二通报称，警员和塔科马动物管理部门的工作人员终于救出了最后一只猫。
“最后一只猫已经下船了，”该局在周二发布的社交媒体帖子中写道，“这次是真的了！”
塔科马警方在该市欧文海滩附近的废弃帆船中发现了60只猫和小猫。 塔科马警察局/脸书
警员于8月6日首次接到欧文海滩附近出现废弃帆船的报警。抵达现场后，他们遇到了警方最初描述为“出人意料”的场景：数十只猫和小猫“生活在不安全的环境中”。
该局发布的一张照片显示，十多只猫挤在帆船的一个角落，其中至少有三只从地板上的一个塑料桶里向上张望。
“许多猫咪受到了惊吓且营养不良，需要我们的警员保持耐心、悉心照料，同时也需要团队付出巨大努力，”警方当时说道。其他照片显示，搜救人员身着防护装备在船上搜寻，并将猫咪装进笼子运下船。
搜救人员耗时近一周，将每只猫安全从船上转移。 塔科马警察局/脸书
警方已请求社区居民协助搜寻可能遗留的猫咪。如果前往欧文海滩的民众在这艘帆船上看到猫咪，当局计划最终将船只移走，除非船主前来认领，他们应将猫咪的照片、目击日期、时间和地点发送给塔科马动物管理部门。警方警告称，民众切勿自行登船。
根据塔科马市规定，当地居民必须为宠物办理许可，且每户饲养的猫狗数量不得超过6只。尽管警方尚未披露这起刑事案件的具体细节，但哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构KIRO报道称，根据华盛顿州禁止虐待动物的法律，这可能被认定为囤积宠物案件，该法律禁止多种虐待和忽视动物的行为。
警方表示，目前已从华盛顿州一处海滩附近锚定的废弃帆船中救出60只猫和小猫。 塔科马警方
60 cats rescued from abandoned sailboat anchored off beach in Washington state
August 13, 2026 / 8:27 AM EDT / CBS News
Sixty cats and kittens have now been rescued from an abandoned sailboat that was found anchored off a beach in Washington state, police said.
The 40-foot boat, initially spotted earlier this month in waters near Tacoma’s Owen Beach, remains the focal point of an active criminal investigation as well as an ongoing search for additional felines that may have evaded law enforcement so far.
“While we believe we have safely removed all of the cats from the boat, as any cat owner knows, cats are exceptionally good at hiding,” the Tacoma Police Department wrote in a social media post shared Wednesday. “Because there is always a possibility that a cat may remain [on board], our work isn’t quite finished.”
After nearly a week spent locating and carefully collecting each cat from the vessel, the police department reported Tuesday that officers and Tacoma Animal Control crews had finally removed the last one.
“The final cat is off the boat,” the department wrote in a social media post shared Tuesday. “Fur real this time!”
Tacoma police found 60 cats and kittens inside the abandoned sailboat off the city’s Owen Beach. Tacoma Police Department/Facebook
Officers first responded to reports of the abandoned sailboat off Owen Beach on Aug. 6. Once there, they encountered what the police department originally described as an “unexpected” scene, with dozens of cats and kittens “living in unsafe conditions.”
An image posted by the department showed well over a dozen cats crowded together in one corner of the boat, including at least three gazing upward from what appears to be a plastic bucket on the floor.
“Many of the cats were frightened and malnourished, requiring patience, care, and a tremendous amount of teamwork from our members,” police said at the time. Additional images showed rescue crews searching the boat in protective gear and carrying cats off the vessel in crates.
Crews worked for nearly a week to safely remove each cat from the vessel. Tacoma Police Department/Facebook
Police have asked community members for help as they continue to search for any cats potentially left behind. If people visiting Owen Beach happen to see one on the sailboat, which authorities are planning to eventually move unless its owner returns, they should send a picture of the cat, along with the date, time and location of the sighting, to Tacoma Animal Control. They shouldn’t board the boat themselves, police warned.
In Tacoma, residents must acquire pet licenses that limit the number of dogs and cats a person can own to six per household, according to the city. Although police haven’t provided details about the exact nature of this criminal case, CBS affiliate KIRO reported that it could be considered a hoarding case under Washington’s animal cruelty ban, which prohibits a wide range of mistreatments and acts of neglect.
Sixty cats and kittens have now been rescued from an abandoned sailboat that was found anchored off a beach in Washington state, police said. Tacoma Police
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