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Kay,
You have said, yet, what kind of traps this nut case is setting. Are you sure thary are a "legal type"? (Such as the Have-a-Heart, live catch traps.) What kind of a "huinter" uses live catch traps anyway? He (the SIL) sounds as nuts as the old man! Since he has chained the trap to a post, sounds to me like he knows he's doing something he shouldn't be doing. Have you spoken to any of the Animals Rights groups about this nut? How about one of the animal rescue organizations, like, say Alley Cats Allies or a local chapter of that organization. Animals do have rights here in the states, but we also have a severe animal over population problem because some people let in tact animals run free, or, worse yet, treat them like a disposable commodity. They sinply turn the animal out when they grow tired of them. Pet abandonment is a crime in most states. Enforcing the laws is the hard part. Last fall we had a young man take his anger out on some horse owned by his neighbor, slashing many and actually killing one. Right before his trial came up, his Lawyer plea bargined him down to a lesser charge thus keeping him from going to a jury trial. A jury would have wanted to hang him, literally! I know I wanted to! I am wondering if there is anything you can do to the neighbor, legally, to make his life as rough as he has made yours. Can one take their neighbor to courst fro harassment and causing undo emotional stress? Got any lawyer friends who can advise you on the possibilities of a civil case against this jerk? That is now what the owner of the horse has to do to get any justice and/or compensation for wrongful death of their horse. Rebecca |
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I identified the traps
http://www.livetrap.com There is the link, its the single door traps. My advive that I was told, was that I would have to relocate the coloney. Which is drastic, I would have to have them kept in a cage for at least a month so they woul dnot attempt to try and go "home" To have the fixed before then. My husband woke me up at 3:00am, He caught Momma cat!!!!! He is taking her to work and setting her up there. I called him later this morning and the other guys want to help her also. Bless their hearts! I am going to call my sister in law to see if we can relocate the remaining siblings, unless if they get accepted in the shelter? I don't know which one is better for them? The siblings played with toys with me. they might be able to be adopted. Thank God some positive news! Kay |
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Ohh that is a good idea about the repellent!!!! A scream is a motion
detecter that goes off with an alarm. They do have a small dog though. He would probably set it off. I have to clearify something, The owner is a woman in her 60s, the man in question is her boyfriend. He lives in the house. He does not even like the dog, but she is crazy about the dog. I love the dog, when my dogs were alive they loved him to. The woman thinks the cats upset the dog. Reality is that he barks at everything. Leaves falling anything her barks at. I had to remove a garden decoration because the dog kept barking at it. He is 7 and has a liver illiness, so I don't complain about the barking cause I love the dog. when I talked to them, I said that your dogs health comes first and if you have a problem with the cats and your dog I will move them prompty. They said the dog will continue to bark anyway, and that its not the cats fault. They promised to tell me if there was a problem. Kay |
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Kay wrote:
Ohh that is a good idea about the repellent!!!! A scream is a motion detecter that goes off with an alarm. They do have a small dog though. He would probably set it off. I have to clearify something, The owner is a woman in her 60s, the man in question is her boyfriend. He lives in the house. He does not even like the dog, but she is crazy about the dog. I love the dog, when my dogs were alive they loved him to. The woman thinks the cats upset the dog. Reality is that he barks at everything. Leaves falling anything her barks at. I had to remove a garden decoration because the dog kept barking at it. He is 7 and has a liver illiness, so I don't complain about the barking cause I love the dog. when I talked to them, I said that your dogs health comes first and if you have a problem with the cats and your dog I will move them prompty. They said the dog will continue to bark anyway, and that its not the cats fault. They promised to tell me if there was a problem. Kay My husband just called and the cat is not the Mother cat, the mother cat has half a tail, so he is bringing the shelter back to try again today and night they are still going to let this cat stay there also Kay |
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You didn't state whether or not the neighbor came on your property to
capture the cats. I would be very concerned regardless because you have no clue what your neighbor is doing to those cats. This neighbor really needs an education here because if you take feral cats from their environment more will come in to take over the territory which will not solve the issue at all. Your neighbor would be fighting a losing battle. Of course this neighbor sounds like a real stinker and I of course would alert your other neighbors that if their cats are roaming outdoors this neighbor could be trapping them and carting them off somewhere. I would talk to a group that rescues feral cats and see if they would be willing to talk to your neighbors or at least supply you with info you can give to them. You can also talk to news media as well and see if they'd be willing to do a story about this. If your neighbor is in the spotlight it might embarrass them enough to either work with you or simply do nothing. One's thing for sure they might not be seen to kindly by the general public and also be scared off from trapping cats in the future. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "Kay" wrote in message om... I don't know what to do. I have a big problem and I don't know what to do. I have been taking care of feral cats that were born in my yard. I bulit a shelter with heat, and have did the best I could for them. I talked to my neighbor just two weeks ago, telling them about the cats and what I plan to do. I asked them if they are bothered, they said they were not and they could tell which ones were mine because they look well cared for and act "nicely" they said they have no problem and if they do have any trouble they would let me know and I would fix it. this moring I was sitting on my couch and I hear a cat cry out. I rushed to the window and saw my neighbor trapped Blackie. He ran the cage into his garage. i calle dout, Is that my cat and what are you doing? He said it was his property and he was going to catch all of them and slammed the door. I was calling my husband and was crying, I looke dout the window and a car pulled up and they openmed the garage and rushed the cage into a truck and it sped off. I called the police and they said I had to prove it was my cat. I tried to explain what feral was and that they were going to be fixed and realeashed. ut they wouldn't help, the pound said I have to prove with vet papers. I don't even know where they took him. I ahve been crying all day and have been tryign to trap the other two I hav eone in a pet taxi and I don't know what to do. I knew and were friends with my neighors for 10 years without a fight, I am in shock and I am missing Blackie and I don't know what to do. When I catch them what do I do. I have called every place and no one can help. My heart hurts so much right now. Kay |
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It sounds to me like you have neighbors who care very little for others.
Maybe you can get the whole neighborhood to rally against them in regards to the cat thing. I'd take feral cats over a barking dog any day. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "Kay" wrote in message m... Ohh that is a good idea about the repellent!!!! A scream is a motion detecter that goes off with an alarm. They do have a small dog though. He would probably set it off. I have to clearify something, The owner is a woman in her 60s, the man in question is her boyfriend. He lives in the house. He does not even like the dog, but she is crazy about the dog. I love the dog, when my dogs were alive they loved him to. The woman thinks the cats upset the dog. Reality is that he barks at everything. Leaves falling anything her barks at. I had to remove a garden decoration because the dog kept barking at it. He is 7 and has a liver illiness, so I don't complain about the barking cause I love the dog. when I talked to them, I said that your dogs health comes first and if you have a problem with the cats and your dog I will move them prompty. They said the dog will continue to bark anyway, and that its not the cats fault. They promised to tell me if there was a problem. Kay |
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"You can also talk to news media as well and see if they'd be
willing to do a story about this. If your neighbor is in the spotlight it might embarrass them enough to either work with you or simply do nothing. One's thing for sure they might not be seen to kindly by the general public and also be scared off from trapping cats in the future. " I like this idea, I like it a lot! Kay, is there a neighborhood weekly newspaper that services your area, if so, this would be a better venue than the Tribune, where such an article might not even be seen, let alone widely read. By using a neighborhood publication, you'll actually get better coverage of the people you need to target with this type of information. Then, if it really draws attention to the overall problem of cat (and dog) overpopulation and the plight of all feral animals, the Tribune might well pick up the article and run it as a feature. Rebecca |
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Oops! This one is stall a feral cat though, right, and not someones
free-roaming pet? Best to check with other cat owning neighbors to make sure you didn't accidentally get someone's pet. Hemmaholic/Rebecca |
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Hemmaholic wrote:
Oops! This one is stall a feral cat though, right, and not someones free-roaming pet? Best to check with other cat owning neighbors to make sure you didn't accidentally get someone's pet. Hemmaholic/Rebecca Oh don't worry this on was a feral, Rich knows who he is. I call him McCloud. Kay |
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Hemmaholic wrote:
"You can also talk to news media as well and see if they'd be willing to do a story about this. If your neighbor is in the spotlight it might embarrass them enough to either work with you or simply do nothing. One's thing for sure they might not be seen to kindly by the general public and also be scared off from trapping cats in the future. " I like this idea, I like it a lot! Kay, is there a neighborhood weekly newspaper that services your area, if so, this would be a better venue than the Tribune, where such an article might not even be seen, let alone widely read. By using a neighborhood publication, you'll actually get better coverage of the people you need to target with this type of information. Then, if it really draws attention to the overall problem of cat (and dog) overpopulation and the plight of all feral animals, the Tribune might well pick up the article and run it as a feature. Rebecca Sounds great. Maybe explaining the TNR program with poper links will also help. Kay |
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