Posted on 04/04/2025 5:46:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Colorado city plans to seize residents' pet cats and dogs in a bid to limit the number of animals allowed in households.
On August 1, pet owners in Northglenn - about 40 minutes outside of Denver - will not be allowed to have more than four cats, dogs, or a combination of the two 'totaling no more than four.'
The new pet ordinance was recently approved by the city council 'at the request of residents and after extensive research and discussion,' the city said.
The restriction was introduced after concerned residents complained of 'excessive noise and waste caused by a high number of pets in some neighborhoods.'
Any residents who currently own more pets than allowed can apply for a 'previously owned pet exception' before the ordinance comes into effect.
If the application is filled out before that date, Northglenn citizens will be allowed to keep their 'existing pets.'
Residents have to specify their pet's name, age, sex, breed and date they were brought into the home in the application.
If locals do not disclose this information and have more than the allowed number of pets in their home, the city will take 'enforcement action,' which includes 'a potential court order requiring pet removal.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That actually makes a lot of sense.
Humph. What are the names of those other delightful critters?
How bout a law that limits the number of democrats in town
to say about 3 total?
There you go!!!! Great idea!!!!!
We live in a 10-home cul de sac. All ten families moved into the brand new homes within three months of each other and we had a total of 23 children.
During the warmer weather there was a continuous game of roller hockey that consisted of every child who could skate. The older children were not only kind but help the younger children learn how to play. The sounds of children playing from sun up to sun down was so very satisfying and we all loved it.
They are Leftists so they LOVE animals........They will euthanize them.
My Grandchildren take up more than 50% of that 23...
I have 12... They all live on kid friendly streets too.
I terrorize them every chance I get and couldn’t live without them. :)
No, actually I don't.
White liberal cat ladies hit hardest!
Right. They are not going to take away pets. There is an existing pet clause.
I would ask why are they not “fixed”?
It breaks my heart to see so many unwanted dogs and cats in shelters waiting for homes. And no, not every dog in a shelter is a pit bull or an otherwise dangerous dog or deranged feral cat.
I am not against the responsible and yes, licensed and regulated breeding of pure-bred dogs and cats but people who have multiple un-fixed dogs and cats that allow them to breed uncontrolled is a problem. As are shady back yard “puppy mills”.
Many years ago, a friend of mine lost her cat, so her then boyfriend brought her 2 kittens (I don’t recall if he bought them at a pet store or found them as strays), male and female siblings.
She didn’t take them to the vet to get them fixed in time and didn’t realize how soon a female cat goes into heat and soon had + 4 kittens and decided to keep them all then another litter and then another and soon she had well over a dozen cats that she struggled to take care of or find other homes for and some because of the close inbreeding many had health problems, some litters had one or two kittens die right after birth.
When she and her boyfriend got married and moved into a rental townhouse, he had a dog that hated cats and the landlord who would not allow more than one dog or cat so despite trying to find homes for them she ended up taking all the cats to a shelter, a kill shelter where they were all euthanized.
She cried and cried and cried. Then finally admitted that she’d had the first two cats fixed when she first got them, this would not have happened.
Animal hating Karens always ruin it for everyone.
Even for cat whore ding Karens.
Sad, but you’re probably right.
“how do you determine what is a “nuisance” vs. just having one or two dogs or cats than one of your neighbors think you should have.”
Believe it or not, the law of “nuisance” is very well developed.
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