There are places on my lawn that no longer grow due to the feline urine. There are cat deposits everywhere.

The Humane Society and the ASPCA say their hands are tied. All they can do is cite the guy and let him go on his merry way. If this site allows, I will
add some pictures so you bleeding hearts can see the eye diseases, mange, battle scars, etc that these animals suffer on a daily basis.

Yes, they are cute and cuddly - but this is CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

No proper care is given.

I think as long as the cats don’t create a problem for the neighbors, every one lets it alone. After all we don’t limit children, and the cats have yet to vandalize the elevators, or leave trash in the lobby.

Funny thing, one of the board members was having problem with smoke infiltration from another apartment and announced that the board was going to pass a rule saying that if someone’s smoking bothered a neighbor, it could be prohibited. Now you just know that this is a neighbor to neighbor dispute that’s gotten way out of hand.

At the meeting they held to discuss this issue the turn out was mostly nonsmokers and a fair number of cat owners. Nonsmokers on the grounds that what you do in your apartment is your business unless specifically prohibited in the condo bylaws (takes a 66% approval rate). The cat owners were concerned that if someone was allergic to a cat, the same type of rule could be forced on them by the board. My favorite was a little old lady who stood up and said “you’ll have to pry my cats out of my cold, dead arms.”

Needless to say, the board had to back down. But I do think they were genuinely astonished by the pet owners. We such a militant bunch, LOL.

From what I gathered, this was a rather meek elderly woman who, like so many citizens, are easily intimidated by figures of authority. I think she was probably overcome by the situation and didn’t know she had any recourse but to abide by the dictates of the animal control officer. I fault the A.C. officer and the the A.C. authority and not the woman. They should have been flexible enough to work with her; extend her more time; show her some compassion. They didn’t.

But, and I don’t understand it, people who like to enforce rules will take animals away, even though they are properly cared for, only to euthanize them for the sake of everyone following the rules.

Yet, when I have a video of an armed man with what looks like a 45 in the back of his baggy jeans (can see it when he bends down to pick up his tools) wanna be burglar who was at my door (my dogs barking deterred him) and want the Sheriff to see it - identify this 19 year old looking thug who is canvassing my neighborhood with his breaking and entering tool bag - the dispatch officer says to me “Well, he’s gone now and didn’t break in so what is YOUR problem?”

Go figure!

it’s very simple- have a leash law, take away animals from those who are abusing or hoarding them. take away dogs from people who let them roam destructively free. but no- that would be logical and doesn’t give you enough control over other people. we need more enforcement of concise, effective, need based laws not more invasive laws clearly biased against responsible pet ownership.

i ended up with 6 cats and none of it was of my own doing. i had one little cat-but successive waves of roommates moved out and left their cats. 2 i rescued from a cardboard box on the street and one i took in because a friend bought a condo and found out after they wouldn’t allow her indoor cat. i couldn’t bear to turn them away. i would in fact never have dreamed of it even though i had never considered having a cat herd.

people who have more than 3 cats or dogs are generally good people with big hearts- are we going to punish them for saving animals and providing them with safe homes? there are less restrictive laws on child rapers. convicted murderers are actually let out on work release in our communities. it is criminalizing the best aspect of any society- charity toward the less fortunate. we’d be better served if we more pointedly punished evil doers-real criminals, enforced simple rules encouraging to good humane SANE pet ownership and made government mind it’s own damn business unless real destructiveness or cruelty is involved.

another example of the tyranny of the ‘moral’ minority- those who feel the need to inflict their views and preferences on others even within the alleged sanctity of one’s own home. it’s all about control.

if we had such an ordinance here, i’d give up my” extra” cats the day government forces those wise ass crack babies( on these really small bikes no less. these kids arent out of their teens) peddling drugs and pimping women from living in my neighborhood . no more than one gang banging lowlife scumbag per block please… or the extras will have to be put down. and neuter or spay don’t delay! they definitely should be tagged too and actually once arresting them might help ,Officer Friendly. my over indulged prissy himalayan, yawning on a pillow in the window, believe it or not, is not the one selling crack to the kids at the middle school nor does she drive down the street spraying bullets into gangs of rival persians.( although i am not entirely sure she hasn’t at least considered the latter.)

but it’s so like government, when faced with real crime it hasn’t a clue nor the will to control ,to turn its attention to those who are committing no crime and are law abiding- just because they are law abiding. they will comply or worry about being found out because they are respectful citizens. there’s much less physical and political danger pushing around crazy cat ladies and lap dog petters then going after people with guns who actually hurt others and don’t care about any laws whatsoever.

we have to make them fear for their political future if they continue to pass draconian laws addressing no actual crime. fear the crazy cat ladies and pit bull lovers.. fear them or no re-election, no political contributions, no peace.

Usually, a person can go to court and get an extension of time - and then again she doesn’t have to let animal control in her house. There were things she could have done but she just “gave” in - sad.

http://www.nokillnow.com/petlimitlawunconst.htm

Here in San Jose, CA prior to 2005 it was “illegal” to have more than two adult dogs in a single dwelling. The current ordinance allows a total of 5 cats/dogs, with no more than 3 allowed of any one species). And while the pet limit ordinance is not “actively” enforced, AC will act on specific complaints by citizens. I recently heard of one devastating case of a woman whose animal-hating neighbor complained about her four dogs. AC arrived at her home and told her she had 24 hours to get rid of one of the dogs or else be in violation of the ordinance. The poor woman was forced to put to sleep her oldest dog in order to comply, as she could find no one in such a short time frame who would take one of her dogs for her. I wish she’d had the resources to fight the ordinance and take San Jose to court. I’ve myself written to some legal resources who claim to advocate on behalf of animals, asking for help in getting this ordinance changed or in filing a lawsuit against the city. Not surprisingly, none of the orgs I contacted for help have ever responded…not even so much as a form letter or auto-reply email.

We pit bull people have always said our breed was just a stalking horse to enable more breed-based regulations, more care/feeding regulations, more insurance more health regulations (mandatory s/n anyone?) and so forth.

but personally, I DO believe that cats shouldn’t have trespass rights that people don’t have. Indoors is the place for them to be!

But, I keep my dogs on leashes and do not let them poop in my neighbors yards but if something does happen, by accident, I am so quick to clean it up.

Well, this woman who lived several blocks away would walk her dog past my garage where I keep one dog (in the backyard and in the garage - has free access) and my dog would bark at this woman and her dog through a small opening under the garage door. This inconsiderate woman would let her dog poop on my yard and then she’d carry this stranger poop up and put it in my trash can next to the garage door and she started training her dog obedience right at the end of my driveway every day that drove my dog nuts, by the way. It was awful. I planted cactus around my yard to keep her away and put my dog in the far back patio so she would stop taining her dog near my driveway. The bottom line - people are inconsiderate.