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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 3017537" data-attributes="member: 16989">Ok,  Some Quick Updates.1.  The Deal with the Rabid Cat.  The story had gotten a little blown out of proportion by the time I heard it.  A feral cat did scratch a little girl.  There was the possibility that the cat was rabid.  A Police Office (or another case) spotted the cat, but had no way to catch it safely.  He managed to corner it & was prepared to shoot it, but Animal Control got there before that had to happen.  The cat was caught & put down.Tests showed it was negative for Rabies (it had a bunch of bacterial infections that caused its slavia glands to work overtime).  It had Fleas & Ticks (the flea collar on it was over a year old), tapeworms, mange and some oozing sores.  It's claws had amounts of Fecal Matter and Dried Blood.  The little girl was put on antibiotics as a precaution. 2.  We are still dealing with the other 2 cats.The Bad News:  Animal Control's Policy is only to set out traps for 3 days before you move to the bottom of the (very long) list.More Bad News:  Our yard reeks of Cat Crap so bad that we can't even go outside.The Good News:  The Animal Control Lady had to go out to Cat Crap Central to set the Trap.  She Used a Mask to try to block out the smell.  Thus, we are dealing with a Public Health Issue (as she put it), not a Stray Animal Problem.  Thus, there is no limit on how long it takes to capture them.  (She also understands why we are so ticked off too).More Good News.  If it can be proven that she is feeding/caring for the animals (which is pretty hard to PROVE to the degree a judge would need it to be), she is the one responsible for the health hazard that is our backyard.  (I find the idea of Community service cleaning up crap all over the town ironic).  We'll try to get pics of the cats taking dumps in our yard & hiding in the lady's basement.  Who knows, I might get lucky and the cops will take the source of my problem (the irresponsible pet owner) away.</blockquote>

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