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.'
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Well you know how they are. They never consider the cause and effect consequences when they make decisions. And then when they realize a mistake they double down instead of admitting the mistake and reversing it.
Petofilya.
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Once a state lets their hospitals and healthcare systems become a free for all, they no longer want the tax money from the older generation. Once the doctors start leaving, CO will be a wasteland. A state is only as good as it’s healthcare.
Re: 53 - people don’t read articles. They ignorantly reply based on their feelings.
I’m wondering how is this monitored for compliance? Does the municipality have a pet tip line? How do they get access to the home if the homeowner refuses access to their home? Does the municipality get a warrant of some type?
Seems like an unworkable system. But some people like security of government.
Our neighborhood gets an abundance of feral cats every spring. We also have Fox and raptors around. The herd is under control by late summer.
That is true too... :)
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Bet you didn't know that, did ya?
You'd also know that there are many cities across the USA that have this restriction on the number of dogs and cats that can be kept.
While a total of 4 pets, 4 dogs, 4 cats or a combination of both, doesn’t sound like a lot, I guess it could depend on the size of the home, the yard and the owner’s ability to take care of them properly and the proximity of neighbors.
As to kids as some mentioned, you’re likely going to or should get in trouble and a visit from CPS for having 10 kids living in a 2-bedroom 700 SF apartment.
But FWIW, I once lived in a townhouse next door to a hoarder who also hoarded animals – over 6 dogs, an untold number of cats, none of them fixed and more and more, and the stench and noise was unbearable and the roaches and mice infestations that was coming into my home, forced me and some other neighbors to call code enforcement.
Sometimes there are good reasons for such restrictions.
Don’t come to my house: 13 hunting dogs, 1 mule, 1 steer, 1 house Beagle, two indoor/outdoor cats, 11 chickens and one raccoon named, ‘Jennifer Cooniston.’ :)
I’m of mixed emotions about this.
1. My initial reaction is “this is none of their business”
but
2. I lived next to a crazy lady with 20+ cats and an equal number of dogs. She let them run wild in the neighborhood and generally neglected them. We couldn’t let little kids out in our own back yard, lest they get attacked by dogs that would go under/over the fence. And they barked constantly.
Our problem was resolved when she went to prison for welfare fraud.
I would think a better rule is “have as many as you want, provided you don’t become a nuisance.”
Isn’t big government just grand?
Of course, that should be a given. Also taken into account should be the property size. I've heard of people in small apartments who somehow still think they can have several large dogs, barking dogs. When it bleeds into the expectation of a peaceful existence of those living nearby, then that should be the point of constriction.
Sounds reasonable to me.
We have an epidemic of strays here and then the cowardly bastards dump them on others when they get tired of them. Very few do anything responsible with their pets such as neutering or keeping them confined.
There are too many people who have a pack of unmanaged curs that do no good to anyone and that are not taken care of and allowed to roam free imposing on others.
But again I ask, if all these liberals are leaving blue states and turning red states blue, why don’t the blue states they come from ever turn at least purple? Liberals don’t end to have a lot of kids so where are they all coming from?
The ones left behind are poor, uneducated, and multiply like rabbits. They more than make up for the losses of the more affluent mobile libs..................
Pinheads who cannot think beyond a number on a form. Enforce the existing laws on nuisance and noise. Problem solved.
If someone came to my door to seize my kids they better be armed.
The Pet industry is not welcome in CO. That is a huge industry. liberals hate love. This message is economic suicide. If they can kill the pet industry they can destroy anything. What’s next breweries?
I would agree but 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. There I think legally needs to be something that determines what is more than a few animals that one can reasonably care for and control vs. a hoarding situation. But what is a hoard?
As posted earlier, I once lived next to a hoarder in a townhouse next to me that not only hoarded trash, rotten food and junk but also animals and had a roach and mice infestation that came into my home plus the stench of animal feces and cat piss coming from both in and outside the home. Many of her neighbors, me included, called our HOA and local code enforcement but it took forever for anything to be done.
She finally got foreclosed on for not paying her mortgage and was finally evicted. She left most the animals behind (with no food or water for weeks) and animal control had to come, only a few could be saved, most had to be euthanized. I don’t know if any criminal charges were ever filed. Last I heard she had been involuntarily committed.
The house was sold at an auction for a very low price given all the damage and remediation, but I don’t think the people who bought it knew the extent of the damage or how much it would take to rehab it for sale. I think they lost money on the flip.
Some people here seem to think that any government interference on how one chose to live their life no matter how unsanitary or putting their neighbors at risk, is beyond what the government should be allowed to dictate. But I’m guessing they’ve never lived next door to a hoarder.
Probably the same way nuisance animals are handled: reported by a neighbor to animal control.
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