This happened in north Texas a few years ago. Guy was arrested for feeding cats...Next day over a thousand people showed up to help him.
Several strange cat experiences..
Recently, a guy living in a rural area shot a cat that was in his yard in a rural area.
Ends up the cat belonged to a neighbor who went searching for it, found it dead and buried it.
Then the neighbor called PITA. They came, dug up the cat, found it was shot and called police.
The guy was arrested and was fined $30,000 and possible jail for cruelty to animals. Out on bail now pending hearing.
Another situation, a friend of mine had a sand box in his yard for his three young children to play. The neighbor had 20+ cats running loose and they used my friend’s children’s sandbox as a litter box.
He mixed a can of tuna with antifreeze and killed all the cats. Animals cruelty people showed up, but could prove nothing as all the evidence was gone except for lots of dead cats that he threw back into the cat owner’s yard.
Pennsylvania has a law that it is illegal to feed stray cats, and if you do, you are liable for any damage they cause. That includes medical bills from cat scratches on children.
F'd UP!!
Article says they were also trapping the cats. That probably means they were taking the cats to a clinic for spay or neuter. That provides a service to the community, preventing them from multiplying.
It’s the nitwits who dump pets that cause the problem.
I’d much rather see a feral cat in the yard than a squirrel, mole, rat or other rodent.
Maybe they could spay and neuter squirrels?
Small town cops making a big deal out of nothing.
People here idolize rural areas but crap like this happens in Mayberry...too many Barney Fifes trying to make felonies out of nothing. They got nothing else to do.
Beyond stupid.
Seems like something should be done to discourage this type of behavior by the town and those officials who arrested these ladies and those who authorized the arrest.
We have plenty of stray cats in this part pf Phoenix. No roof rats though. I call that a win.
People feed and at time trap strays all the time here.
I thought that was normal cat-lady behavior.
Police in Wetumpka must not have much to do with their time.
Keep owls and hawks fed enough to stay around and eat the cats.
There were better ways to handle this.
One more time, the cops behaved STUPIDLY.
As for the fool who mixed tuna and antifreeze, he should get the same treatment. He has a warped mind. Antifreeze is a horrible death. I hate these people. They deserve much worse than they get.
Most men hate cats because they can’t control them. That control thing is a male weakness. What it indicates I’m not sure, something about compensation for inadequacies probably.
“Wetumpka Police Chief Greg Benton said feeding the cats had created a nuisance because it attracts more animals to the area.”
Get this man a job in immigration!
“who were arrested on public property, face misdemeanor counts of criminal trespassing...”
Something’s not adding up here.
Cats taste like chicken,,,just sayin,,,
Not guilty, by reason of Cat Trap Fever.