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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 3002941" data-attributes="member: 16989">I have a friend with a Pit Bull.  Yes, they are can be a nice dog.  But they require a lot of training.  (She also has 2 dogs.  They often bark for hours at a time I have never seen her take them for a walk).As for threats of violence.  They are just that.  I've had cats my entire life (up until I met my wife and her allergies).  I have been a responsible pet owner since I was 8.  It's not that hard.As for the one cat winding up dead (I guess, Animal Control hasn't called us back).  They went to her door and told her "We are going to be setting out Live Animal Traps on this Person's Property, if we catch your animal in it, you will have to provide proof of Tags and Shots to get it back".They told her to her face!  Point Blank, no nonsense.  "We have recieved multiple complaints of cats from your residence doing all sorts of property damage to neighbors.  We are going to see if it is true".They told her "We are going to do this"  They did it.  The cat was running around and it got caught.  The thing that wasn't in the plan was the fact that the cat is half-feral & bites & claws anyone who gets near.  If she isn't willing to claim it (and pay for its Tags & Shots, then the animal is going to be destroyed).  (There isn't a no-kill shelter anywhere near here & I don't think they'd take a half-feral one anyway).She was warned about her cats' actions by multple people.  She was warned by the Animal Control (a division of the Police around here).  I can't believe that she really cares all that much for her cats.If a police official (they have a special police uniform) walks up to your door & tells you point blank.  "Your animals have been doing things they shouldn't, if you can't or won't control them we, the dully appointed and paid authorities, will have to enforce the local laws and take your animals away", shouldn't that get your attention?I have no sympathy for this woman, or how she may feel about what happens when Kitty winds up in the pound on kitty death row.I have sympathy for the cat.  It should not be in this posistion.  If she was a responsible pet owner it would never have gotten this far.I'm even willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she 'adopted' some local strays.  But, all she did was feed them.  They are still wild, still not spayed/neutered (as the smell on my new car can attest), and not up to date on their shots.  They are still a hazard.As for doing something really nasty (Anti-freeze reference).  That is merely fantasy.  We live in an area with quie a few small children (I can see them getting mauled).  Despite what dreams I may have, I'm not going to raise a hand in anger towards those cats.  The garden Hose in another story.And, if you remember, I said her house fronts on a major truck route into town.  Last week when I was traveling down it, I saw a Cat get plowed into by a Semi going 55.  The cat did not survive.Her cats are going to get run over.  I see at least 3-4 roadkills a month right along where she lives.  She's playing Road-kill Roullette with her cats lives.  They'll lose at some point.If she really cares about those cats, she's got a wierd way of showing it.Almost like an abusive husband who treats his wife like crap & then says he loves her.She's got a wierd way of showing it.PS.  All references to Traps refered to the Live-Catch kind.  The local Hardware store has a bunch (they're big sellers, go figure) for 30 bucks.  I'm going to make sure of the proper way of doing things.  If I have to wait 2 moths for Animal Control to show back up, that's fine.Actually, I'll just get our neighbor (the 74 year old widow) to call in.  She's lived her entire life in the town & done all sorts of volunteer work for 50+ years.  They'll jump to help her out.  So, I'll just have to wait for the heat to break before more Traps (the live kind) are set out.</blockquote>

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