SALINA- Salina Police and Salina Animal Shelter officials shut down an animal boarding facility Thursday for not having a permit for a boarding facility, and violating city codes.

A search warrant was executed at Playful Pets 330 N. 9th Street  after the owner of the facility Stephanie Pankratz, 50, was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in Municipal Court on a previous violation of city code.

Authorities say 51 animals were seized, 42 of them owned by Pankratz.

The animals removed included
 eighteen cats
, fourteen dogs, 
seven birds, five rats, 
four rabbits and 
three pigs

The animals were placed in the care of the Salina Animal Shelter.

Vanessa Cowie, Supervisor for the Animal Shelter said  the building did not have electricity, and during a three-week period between September 30th and October 22nd, the building had no running water.

None of the animals were in bad physical condition, but many did have issues with fleas and intestinal parasites.

The owners of six of the nine dogs that were being kept at the facility have been contacted and arrangements were being made to return them to their owners.