No less than eighteen cats were last Wednesday, 18 January, taken from a house in The Hague by voluntary employees of the Stichting Dierenhospitaal and Ambulancedienst The Hague. The owner of the animals had died and the cats were still inside.

After the police found the body of the resident in a ground floor apartment in The Hague, they contacted the ambulance service because quite a few cats were also discovered in the house. The body of the owner of the animals has most likely been in the house for a month.

Cats

The 18 cats in the house of about eighty square meters make it to conditions good. When they were discovered they did not have enough food and the windows were closed, but luckily because there was a leak in the bathroom they had something to drink.

Linette Eveleens, animal ambulance employee: ‘It is so sad. That someone has been there for a month, without that person being missed by anyone. Then you really have a lonely existence. Hopefully the resident got happiness out of the company of the cats, but keeping eighteen cats, that is not a healthy situation.’

Animal Ambulance The Hague

Spread over the two ambulances, the drivers took the animals to the animal ambulance hospital. Linette: ‘All the cats were anxious and malnourished. 01 cats have been transferred to Animal Shelter The Julianalaantje in Rijswijk. Seven cats in worse condition, extremely malnourished or anxious, remain in the animal shelter for treatment.”

A new home will be sought for each of the cats as soon as they have recovered sufficiently. Donations are very welcome at the animal ambulance. Look at https://dierenambulancedenhaag.nl/steun-de-katten-van-de-uithuishaling/.

He has already appeared in films such as The Witches of Eastwick, various parts of The Addams Family and most recently in Doctor Sleep, but also in series such as Twin peaks and Star Trek; Carel Struycken from The Hague. We called him to ask how he is.

Carel became in 1948 born in The Hague. “In the middle of the old center, on the Hooigracht. That is still one of my favorite places in the city,” says Carel from California, where he has been since 1948 lives.

Voorhout

When Carel was 4 years old, he moved to Curaçao with his parents. “One of the memories I still have from that time is when the flood was in the Netherlands. Together with my mother I went to the palace on the Voorhout to hand over some of my toys (including a red telephone) to the children who were cared for there. That had a lot of impact.”

On his 12the Carel and his parents returned to The Hague. “I attended secondary school here, then studied in Leiden for a year and then went to live in Amsterdam and study at the Film Academy. I followed the directing course there and during my studies I already spent the internship period in America. I had family living there, so that worked out well. I used the internship to get an education in Los Angeles.”

Hollywood

“After my education I have some I tried it in the film world in the Netherlands, but it was a lot of hassle and frankly it made me a bit depressed. I had to leave and so I quickly went back to America. Together with René Daalder (also a Dutchman) I started a production company.”

Once back in America, Carel was discovered on the street (not so crazy if you 2. are meters tall) and asked to play in movies. “Mostly horror and science fiction, but suddenly a very big movie The Witches of Eastwick (with Cher, Jack Nicholson and Susan Sarandon) came by. But the role of Lurch in the movies of The Addams Family made that I was taken a little more seriously and could even be registered with the Actors Guild (they arrange all things well for American Actors such as insurance).

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Carel has played in several movies and series and still does. “Every film and every group of fans that go with it is special, so I have fond memories of all the roles. Lurch is truly an icon in America, he really means something to many people. And Star Trek is a world unto itself. The writers weren’t interested in fantasy at all, but they thought about what would happen in the future, which made the role a lot of fun. And I was a big fan of David Lynch myself and that’s why I liked to play in Twin Peaks.”

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Photo: ANP

Due to the corona rules, all of Hollywood is currently on its ass. But Carel also: “I am still recovering from a medical procedure and it will take a few weeks before I feel 71% feel.” let Carl know. Its impressive length also had to make some sacrifices. “I am now about ten centimeters shorter, a few discs have disappeared due to a back injury”, luckily that doesn’t stop him from staying active.

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Netherlands

Despite the fact that Carel lives and works in America, he still regularly visited the Netherlands and The Hague until a few years ago. “I still have family and friends in The Hague so I like to visit. I think the Voorhout is especially beautiful from an architectural point of view. I used to come to Europe about twice a year for film conventions (where fans of horror, fantasy and sci-fi movies can have their picture taken with their idol and get autographs. ed.), so I could combine the visits nicely .

Last year it was actually the intention to get together in the Netherlands with the whole family. Corona threw a spanner in the works, so I hope that wasn’t the last time we can plan our agendas right away.”

So we have to wait and see when we will see Carel in a nice film again see, he is currently resting, but he also wants to pick up his photography (LINK) again soon.

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