POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Some cats at the Florida Humane Society in Pompano Beach had to be taken out of the facility last week because of flooding. 
 
 Florida Humane Society President Carol Ebert said she got a call about 7:15 a.m. Thursday that there was water running out the back door of her shelter. 
 
 At first, staff at the animal shelter thought it was a burst pipe. 
 
 "The countertops are ruined, the walls are ruined," Ebert said. "We had lots of damage with food and storage we had in the hallway, (including) cat litter." 
 
 The water came from a faucet in a cat room at the animal shelter off North Powerline Road. 
 
 It's unclear which cat or cats are responsible, but crews said the incident caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage because many walls and cabinets need to be torn down because of mold. 
 
 Ebert said the cats were safely up in their beds for about 17 hours, avoiding the water running below them before someone came in. 
 
 Ebert said many cats had to be moved out of the shelter for the time being. 
 
 The shelter has to come up with at least $5,000 to restore the cabinets and walls. It is also in need of litter and food that was destroyed, as well as foster families because more cats will have to be moved during renovations. 
 
 Anyone who wishes to donate supplies or foster a cat is asked to visit floridahumanesociety.org. 
 
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 Curiosity may not have killed these cats, but it did cause thousands of dollars in damage to the shelter that houses them. 
 
 At first, the Florida Humane Society in Pompano Beach thought the serious flooding that caused at least $5,000 in damage originated from a burst pipe. Upon further inspection, employees realized that it was one of the cats that had turned on a sink faucet that was left running for about 17 hours, ABC affiliate WPLG in Miami reported. 
 
 The water caused serious flooding in the building, seeping into walls and several other rooms, and the Humane Society is now seeking donations to help replace countertops, walls and cabinets that need to be torn down due to mold, according to WPLG. 
 
 In addition, food, cat litter and other items in storage were ruined from the running water. 
 
 WPLG 
 
 The shelter is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which may explain why it took so long for the running sink to be noticed. Florida Humane Society President Carol Ebert told WPLG she was not alerted to the problem until about 7:15 a.m. Thursday. 
 
 The only part of the building affected is the side that houses the cats, according to WPLG, and the running sink was located in one of the cat rooms. 
 
 It is unclear which cat is the culprit, but shelter employees have their suspicions about which one was responsible for flipping the switch, WPLG reported. 
 
 During the flooding, the cats were safely elevated in their beds, away from the water, But several cats will need to be moved out of the shelter while the building is renovated. 

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– A 6-month-old kitten is suspected of causing at least $5,000 in damage at a Florida animal shelter, the Miami Herald reports. According to WPLG, staff at the Florida Humane Society in Pompano Beach discovered their facility was seriously flooded last Thursday morning. They initially thought a pipe had burst until they realized that one of their adorable residents had actually managed to turn on a sink faucet, ABC News reports. The shelter is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and staff believe the sink was running for 17 hours or so. There was at least 3 inches of standing water, affecting eight rooms in total. Meanwhile, the cats were high and dry in their beds and perches. The Humane Society is looking for donations to replace walls, cabinets, food, litter, and more ruined by the flooding and subsequent mold. “We can’t imagine what our next water bill is going to look like," volunteer Terry Arbour tells the Herald. Staff isn't naming the suspected kitty culprit. “We can’t be sure which cat did it, because we don’t have cameras in there, but we have a good idea because there was one younger female cat who really liked playing in sinks,” Arbour says. “It’s possible there was collusion from others.” The sink-loving kitty has apparently been adopted since the flood. Her new family has been warned.