helen spencer dade is used to caring for sick animals like this one. on a numerous amount of times people dropped off animals at her doorstep. >> we fix them up, adopt them out. in some cases it's more than we can handle at the time. maybe we still have other animals to adopt or we don't have room. >> reporter: she's called animal services to pick them up. >> i was told it was my job since i was a vet. it was my job. >> reporter: a month earlier the same guy left a load of cats, several months earlier someone else discarded some cats. according to dr. allence the county's response is not only slow it's stunning. >> i was shocked quite frankly. the person told her to just let the animals out. let them go. >> let it out. i said i can't do that, that would be animal endangerment. i can't be the cat that let the dog out. >> reporter: she was told abandoned pets at a vet's office is like abandoning a baby at the fire station. >> i asked if i could bring the cats to the fire station and she was told it would not be acceptable. >> reporter: the this sign in f