Posted on 05/24/2009 2:34:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono
LODI, Calif. -- A community controversy is brewing in Lodi.
A neighbor posted a sign with the words, "Hit a cat, I'll hit your kid." Some neighbors said they are concerned their children's lives are being threatened.
"Basically what this is saying is: Hit a cat and I'll hit your kid," said Tina Teixeira.
Teixeira got a lot of attention after she put the sign up in front of her West Elm Street home in Lodi.
"You don't want me to hit your kid so don't hit mine. You hurt mine, that is just like if I went over and ran over your kid. Basically, that is what I was intending," said Teixeira.
Teixeira said she decided to take action after a driver ran over and killed her cat on the bike lane on Friday.
Some parents were outraged over her cardboard note.
"Basically she is threatening to hit people's kids," said concerned neighbor Joann Larsen.
"One parent said that I was psychotic," said Teixeira.
Teixeira said she wanted to shock drivers, not harm their kids.
Teixeira said she knows her sign would upset people but she put it up because she is tired of people driving 65 mph on a 35 mph zone.
She said she noticed some cars slowing down and reading her sign so she wrote a new sign.
"After burying the cat and calming down a little bit ... (I realized) that it was a little shock value. It got attention for people, so I thought that I would put it in more understanding terms," said Teixeira.
The revised sign reads: I watch for your kids, so please watch out for mine.
"That is the whole point here is to stop hurting animals," said Teixeira.
Teixeira said she isn't shy about yelling at drivers and even her neighbors. She said she even mentioned she spit on someone to protect her cats.
Only one neighbor wanted to talk about her sign on camera. Others said they wanted to avoid any problems.
"I do like that she changed it," Larsen said.
The animal lover said she can only hope she can keep her cats from losing another life.
Teixeira said some of her feral cats don't like to stay indoors.
She said she hopes her sign will get city leaders to install speed bumps in her neighborhood, which is right near a school.
I had to laff.
We went to a chinese restaurant once, and a friend had tendonitis. The old Chinese woman assured her she could fix it up.
Well she wrapped it in noodles and ginger and various spices and sent her home with the warning:
“Dont let you dog in the bed! You gonna wake up and the medicine gonna be gone!”
At another Chinese Buffet, My friend marveled at a delicious stir fry labeled “chicken,vegetable”
He called over the proprietor, an ol gal named “toy” and asked whats in this?
She loudly admonished: “What? you cant read?!! Chicken!!, Vegetable!!”
Agreed, but way too many cat owners feel that their felines are exempt from licensing, leashes or outside control. Instead, they let little Fluffy run loose at night to kill songbirds and small mammals for thrills and crap in your rose beds. As far as I’m concerned, ANY cat on the loose is a feral cat and should be treated as any other predator.
This idiot woman needs to learn a bit about animals - they can't read and don't realize cars go fast and hurt if they hit you...keep your damn cats out of the road you dumbass
What a stud! Maybe you could shoot the cat in front of the little girl trying to find her pet.
People who think they are bad-asses because they abuse animals are something else.
And there are people doing 65 in a 35 zone where there are children.
This time it was a woman's cat. Next time a kid?
And if the kid is in the road and oblivious it will increase the likelihood. Or perhaps if the adult in the auto is on the road and oblivious.
Maybe we need more laws? /s
It aint a “catlane”
I wonder how many people have been killed or hurt when some wishy washy animal person swerves to miss a squirrel and loses control?
There are? Where? I mean besides Cops?
That means its zoned 20 ~ 35 Mph
Take your rod and reel put on a weedless triple hook
lure and cast out across a field of weeds because a
3 pound feral cat puts up a better fight than an 8
pound bass.
Not my cup of tea, but, hey, if you’ve got a license for it - knock yerself out. By the way, unlicensed cats are not protected by season laws . . .
Large Mouth or Small Mouth?
Bwaahahaha!! What kinda rig do you suggest?
I'm thinkin 7 ft med heavy action with an abu 6500.
Not certain about the neighbor part but I agree with the animal control. That being said, I'll take her as a neighbor over the potential murderers who choose to speed thru her residential area any day......
Meowlina rig
LOL!! That’s funny!
Congratulations to Tina whose reading comprehension has reached the second grade level.
Rattle cat.
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