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(CBS) For months, the city of Chicago let hundreds of calls about possible inhumane treatment of pets languish in the files and then managed to clear nearly every one in short order.

WBBMs Steve Miller continues his series about Chicago Animal Care and Control. This is the fourth part.

Records obtained by WBBM show the city had a huge backlog of calls about possible mistreatment of animals. There was a backlog until February, that is, when WBBM started asking questions.

For instance, in December of last year just three months ago the city got 554 calls about inhumane treatment of animals.

Thats 58 percent higher than the previous December.

And as it happened, WBBM is told, a lot of employees at Animal Care and Control were on vacation during the holidays.

So, the backlog grew.

Then in January and February, Animal Care and Control Spokesman Brad Powers says, officials made a big push to close those old cases, closing roughly 26 a day.

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