Investigating Westfield Homeless Cat Project, Part 1: Crazy Cat Lady Runs Questionable Cat Shelter, Takes Credit For Good Samaritans Spending Hours Digging A Kitten Out Of A Storm Drain So She Could Adopt It Out For $400
Who doesn’t love a feel-good, heartwarming story? Take for instance, this kitten rescued from a storm drain by a dedicated cat shelter in Westfield, MA:
“WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A kitten was rescued from inside a gutter drain in West Springfield Thursday morning.
According to West Springfield Deputy Fire Chief Steven Manchino, a kitten was trapped in a six-inch PVC pipping that extends 20 to 30 feet into the ground behind the Dinn Brothers business on Interstate Drive Wednesday night.
According to the Westfield Homeless Cat Project Adoptions, the kitten, who they named piper, was rescued around 6:30 a.m. from a pipe that was six feet underground. The kitten was 30 feet into the pipe.
Bill Colson of Bill’s Sewer and Drain helped get the kitten out of the pipe.
Manchino told 22News that himself, and four other members of the fire department, spent two hours on Wednesday evening trying to get the kitten out. He said they popped manhole covers in the area, but could not remove the cat.
The Fire Department left food and dropped a rope with knots on it into the pipe so the kittens could climb out on their own.”
Heartwarming, isn’t it? Well, maybe it would be….if true. But the reality of the situation is a little different….
The cat was eventually recovered with the Dinn Brothers’ blessing, no thanks to Denise Sinico and her “cat shelter”, who didn’t want the town or animal rescue involved……
….So they could later put the kitten up for adoption, for a reported $400. Cash only.
When confronted with the facts being put out in a very public Facebook post, Denise went into full damage control mode, claiming to have no prior knowledge of what had transpired, despite being named in the police report, and the original post coming from a post made to her shelter’s Facebook page.
The deflection, the defensive reaction, the insistence that all she does is good, philanthropic work despite comments like this popping up:
Sound familiar? Apparently, according to one comment, the cat shelter was even a….daycare previously.
This is a lot of information to process through, so this is going to have to part one in a multi part series. Tomorrow we’ll get into some of the allegations of the shelter’s adoption procedures, condition, and history. I’ve tried to reach out to Denise for comment with no luck thus far, though my messages might be in her filtered folder, to be fair. If she sees this and would like to comment, I can be reached at bristolturtlechick@gmail.com.
I am so done with donations to WHCP! Thank you brave guys for writing all this on the internet and exposing her. You guys worked hours and hours to get this kitten out and she wanted to bury the kitten alive! Thank you for exposing her! Disgusting and unconscionable! What a racket you got going Denise! Tony Sorcinelli and your friend(don’t know his name) and Dinn brothers are fantastic men with big hearts! You never gave up on this kitten! 400.00 per cat/kitten,greedy racket! Thank you so much for exposing her and God bless you a million times for hours of work and wouldn’t give up for anyone to save this kittens life. Too bad she has this kitten after all you have done. WHCP pathetic and greedy!
Look into what this place does with older cats that they can’t get rid of. Dump them in every surrounding town. Its all great, they have people stop by and dump food on the ground where they leave the cats, no shelter, no shots, no give a shit for the neighbors.
oh really, how about the cats behind the chicopee McDonalds? that’s one cat dump. Or by the solar field in Chicopee, you know the place with the fence cut open… there are multiple places in Chicopee, Springfield, Holyoke , and Westfield these crazy loons dump cats they don’t sell. Dirty fleabags..and that just the woman who run it. Crazy Anna Zinna, Linda Slowick and Me. Check out our facebook pages.
Cats suck! They ruin homes. My friends house burned down when a cat clawed wires in her electric blankets exposing them. Some don’t even catch mice they just lay there like an idiot i’ve seen it. Cat people get warnings at work about their clothes smelling all the time and even get fired. Plus they make some people really sick toxoplasmosis and allergies. Spend money for that? Id spend money to get rid of them.
Denise may be a smoker, but cigarette smoke is not harmful to cats. She only adopts to white people with no children because they have stable homes and incomes and will not use the cats as bait for dogfighting. Sick animals do not need to be kept away from healthy ones, as all sick animals are put together. They are cats, not dogs so you can put 4 to 5 in one cage. Cardboard boxes are fine to use as litter boxes and the urine smell is normal, just as keeping them in a drafty garage because the cages are all covered in blankets. Dollar store petfood is perfectly ok, and nothing wrong with returning donated items to stores for store credit. Letting your cats outdoors IS animal abuse and you don’t deserve to have them so yes denise traps them to save them and no, she does not have to return them to their owners. Even though she recieves extremely discounted vet services, it is ok to charge 400 for kittens because kittens are most wanted.
Denise SINico is a flipper and thief who abuses these cats. Kept in overcrowded filthy cages, place reeks of piss and cigaretts. Breeds the cuter cats to flip as kittens. This lowlife scumbag doesnt work, her work is driving around neighbirhoods looking for cats to trap. Read the reviews on google. Its insane. Im surprised the sjws havent fou d her yet as she only adopts to rich white rubes who dont ask questions.
I’d suggest anyone reading BS like the comment immediately below to visit WHCP and see for themselves. All lies, and just two people are behind them.
No cats are being abused, and no one has to drive around looking for stray cats. Sadly, because people don’t seem to consider their pets a lifelong commitment, so many are brought to shelters when they no longer fit the lifestyles of their owners.
They receive prompt veterinary attention. They’re clean and well cared for until they’re adopted.
I’ve actually been there on several occasions, unlike the people spewing hate.
So, Turtlechick doesn’t “have time” for a phone call “as of right now” and will only accept an emailed comment from the Westfield Homeless Cat Shelter. Way to go, Turtleboysports.Is that what they’re teaching in j school?
Adopted a “free” kitten recently? Cost of spay/neuter: $150-200. Testing for feline leukemia and feline coronavirus: $50. Vaccinations: $60-75. Worming and flea meds: $35. WHCP charges $350 for a kitten. That leaves a “profit” of $65 at the high end. (Forget food and utilities). Adult cats are adopted for $100 so no profit there. So how does it work? Lots of volunteers, and people who know the good work WHCP does and donates when, for instance, an injured animal needs complex surgery.
Adopters are screened carefully. Some don’t make the grade (renters without landlord’s permission is one reason.) People who get turned down often take it personally and like to use social media to settle their grievances.
Um no. MSPCA does neuter, shots, chip for $10. I didn’t want to wait so I found a clinic and got my cat neutered, shots, chip for $75. An $11 bag of food lasts over a month. Litter is pricey if you are like me and keep up with the boxes. If you are paying for all your shots separate and the neuter that’s your own stupidity
MSPCA’s neutering program and programs at other low-cost clinics are subsidized for low-income residents by the Massachusetts Animal Fund, which is funded by Massachusetts taxpayers. I’m glad you were able to take advantage of it.
FYI, the MSPCA shelter and hospital pulled out of Western Massachusetts a number of years ago. To have your animal neutered by MSPCA you would have to travel to Boston or Cape Cod.
Waste of time…cats are half a step up from rodents. Feral cats get a dose of lead in the rural areas. Sorry, animal lovers, but theyre a nuisance (theyve killed numerous free range chicks Ive had over the years). Deer, coons, skunks, possums, etc all receive the same treatment.
Who in their right mind would pay $400 for some kitten that could be had for free, easily? Shit, Im in the wrong bidness; maybe I should start exporting kittens to you guys (and smuggle vape refills in their stomachs). hmmmmmm…
Just for the record: TONY SORCINELLI shot and killed a harmless bear cub stuck up in a tree a few years ago while walking his dog. He’s also a no show deadbeat dad to 3 kids. Search for the article and see for yourself. He’s a piece of trash.
A dead beat dad that pays 2000$ a month in child support and has 50% custody of his kids , coaches his kids and is a great dad .Sounds about right .
And for the record there was a nuisance full grown bear in the neighborhood going through his trash . His wife let her small dog out to the bathroom at dusk and the bear was rummaging through the trash . The dog started barking at it and the bear and his wife started screaming . It had no fear of humans or the dog and if you know black bears even a small dog will chase it off. He looked out the window and saw the dog and his wife were between the garage and a retaining wall with the bear turning it’s attention to the dog so he grabbed his gun. He ran downstairs and when it made a move toward the dog he was forced to shoot it. It ran up a tree after being shot and fell out of the tree soon after dead. The Environmental police and Police found nothing remotely wrong
Maybe you should check your facts.
He owns several properties to my knowledge and just manages them on his days without the children .from what I have seen so has custody of his children from the time they leave school every day because he devotes all his time to them when he has custody .Nice try though
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I am so done with donations to WHCP! Thank you brave guys for writing all this on the internet and exposing her. You guys worked hours and hours to get this kitten out and she wanted to bury the kitten alive! Thank you for exposing her! Disgusting and unconscionable! What a racket you got going Denise! Tony Sorcinelli and your friend(don’t know his name) and Dinn brothers are fantastic men with big hearts! You never gave up on this kitten! 400.00 per cat/kitten,greedy racket! Thank you so much for exposing her and God bless you a million times for hours of work and wouldn’t give up for anyone to save this kittens life. Too bad she has this kitten after all you have done. WHCP pathetic and greedy!
Yeah, I’m sure you were a major contributor.
Where’s part two!?
Yea good to see that he’s paying child support now even though he told the court he doesn’t have a job and no reportable income…. A real man
Look into what this place does with older cats that they can’t get rid of. Dump them in every surrounding town. Its all great, they have people stop by and dump food on the ground where they leave the cats, no shelter, no shots, no give a shit for the neighbors.
Not true.
oh really, how about the cats behind the chicopee McDonalds? that’s one cat dump. Or by the solar field in Chicopee, you know the place with the fence cut open… there are multiple places in Chicopee, Springfield, Holyoke , and Westfield these crazy loons dump cats they don’t sell. Dirty fleabags..and that just the woman who run it. Crazy Anna Zinna, Linda Slowick and Me. Check out our facebook pages.
Cats suck! They ruin homes. My friends house burned down when a cat clawed wires in her electric blankets exposing them. Some don’t even catch mice they just lay there like an idiot i’ve seen it. Cat people get warnings at work about their clothes smelling all the time and even get fired. Plus they make some people really sick toxoplasmosis and allergies. Spend money for that? Id spend money to get rid of them.
Denise may be a smoker, but cigarette smoke is not harmful to cats. She only adopts to white people with no children because they have stable homes and incomes and will not use the cats as bait for dogfighting. Sick animals do not need to be kept away from healthy ones, as all sick animals are put together. They are cats, not dogs so you can put 4 to 5 in one cage. Cardboard boxes are fine to use as litter boxes and the urine smell is normal, just as keeping them in a drafty garage because the cages are all covered in blankets. Dollar store petfood is perfectly ok, and nothing wrong with returning donated items to stores for store credit. Letting your cats outdoors IS animal abuse and you don’t deserve to have them so yes denise traps them to save them and no, she does not have to return them to their owners. Even though she recieves extremely discounted vet services, it is ok to charge 400 for kittens because kittens are most wanted.
Hi JP! How’s that hate thing working for you?
Full of shit.
Denise SINico is a flipper and thief who abuses these cats. Kept in overcrowded filthy cages, place reeks of piss and cigaretts. Breeds the cuter cats to flip as kittens. This lowlife scumbag doesnt work, her work is driving around neighbirhoods looking for cats to trap. Read the reviews on google. Its insane. Im surprised the sjws havent fou d her yet as she only adopts to rich white rubes who dont ask questions.
I’d suggest anyone reading BS like the comment immediately below to visit WHCP and see for themselves. All lies, and just two people are behind them.
No cats are being abused, and no one has to drive around looking for stray cats. Sadly, because people don’t seem to consider their pets a lifelong commitment, so many are brought to shelters when they no longer fit the lifestyles of their owners.
They receive prompt veterinary attention. They’re clean and well cared for until they’re adopted.
I’ve actually been there on several occasions, unlike the people spewing hate.
So, Turtlechick doesn’t “have time” for a phone call “as of right now” and will only accept an emailed comment from the Westfield Homeless Cat Shelter. Way to go, Turtleboysports.Is that what they’re teaching in j school?
Denise Sinico has been trying to reach Bristolturtlechick for two days… please get back to her?
Turtlegirl only takes phone calls from White people, not white trash. Dirty cat lady nobody likes you.
Wow that escalated really fast. Bad kitten people, people smuggling Vapes in kittens, and shooting bears out of trees.
Adopted a “free” kitten recently? Cost of spay/neuter: $150-200. Testing for feline leukemia and feline coronavirus: $50. Vaccinations: $60-75. Worming and flea meds: $35. WHCP charges $350 for a kitten. That leaves a “profit” of $65 at the high end. (Forget food and utilities). Adult cats are adopted for $100 so no profit there. So how does it work? Lots of volunteers, and people who know the good work WHCP does and donates when, for instance, an injured animal needs complex surgery.
Adopters are screened carefully. Some don’t make the grade (renters without landlord’s permission is one reason.) People who get turned down often take it personally and like to use social media to settle their grievances.
Um no. MSPCA does neuter, shots, chip for $10. I didn’t want to wait so I found a clinic and got my cat neutered, shots, chip for $75. An $11 bag of food lasts over a month. Litter is pricey if you are like me and keep up with the boxes. If you are paying for all your shots separate and the neuter that’s your own stupidity
MSPCA’s neutering program and programs at other low-cost clinics are subsidized for low-income residents by the Massachusetts Animal Fund, which is funded by Massachusetts taxpayers. I’m glad you were able to take advantage of it.
FYI, the MSPCA shelter and hospital pulled out of Western Massachusetts a number of years ago. To have your animal neutered by MSPCA you would have to travel to Boston or Cape Cod.
Waste of time…cats are half a step up from rodents. Feral cats get a dose of lead in the rural areas. Sorry, animal lovers, but theyre a nuisance (theyve killed numerous free range chicks Ive had over the years). Deer, coons, skunks, possums, etc all receive the same treatment.
Who in their right mind would pay $400 for some kitten that could be had for free, easily? Shit, Im in the wrong bidness; maybe I should start exporting kittens to you guys (and smuggle vape refills in their stomachs). hmmmmmm…
The cat is cute!
Thanks to everyone who may have saved his life with no ulterior motives other than that.
oh, another multi-part series that nobody gives a shit about . . . count me out !
Just for the record: TONY SORCINELLI shot and killed a harmless bear cub stuck up in a tree a few years ago while walking his dog. He’s also a no show deadbeat dad to 3 kids. Search for the article and see for yourself. He’s a piece of trash.
A dead beat dad that pays 2000$ a month in child support and has 50% custody of his kids , coaches his kids and is a great dad .Sounds about right .
And for the record there was a nuisance full grown bear in the neighborhood going through his trash . His wife let her small dog out to the bathroom at dusk and the bear was rummaging through the trash . The dog started barking at it and the bear and his wife started screaming . It had no fear of humans or the dog and if you know black bears even a small dog will chase it off. He looked out the window and saw the dog and his wife were between the garage and a retaining wall with the bear turning it’s attention to the dog so he grabbed his gun. He ran downstairs and when it made a move toward the dog he was forced to shoot it. It ran up a tree after being shot and fell out of the tree soon after dead. The Environmental police and Police found nothing remotely wrong
Maybe you should check your facts.
Haha he has 50% or his parents have 50% ???
He owns several properties to my knowledge and just manages them on his days without the children .from what I have seen so has custody of his children from the time they leave school every day because he devotes all his time to them when he has custody .Nice try though