Mrs. Kravitz?
Posted on 06/27/2019 5:57:13 AM PDT by simpson96
MURRAY, Utah–A Utah woman wants to see change after an antiquated ordinance led her to receive misdemeanor charges for allowing her cat to lay on their front lawn.
When Kate Anderson was first approached by animal control, she thought something terrible had happened to their cat. Then, the officer gave her a citation, carrying the weight of two misdemeanor charges, for letting her cat law on their own lawn.
“Milo, come here!” Anderson said as she made kissy noises to her cat while it laid on their front lawn.
In the Anderson household, Milo is treated like family.
“He’s got a cat door, so he just comes and goes and is a cat,” Anderson said.
However, they never expected their furry feline would be the reason they were slapped with misdemeanor charges.
“There he is, back at the scene of the crime,” Anderson laughed as her cat came near her and laid on the lawn.
On Monday, Kate said Milo had let himself outside and was laying on their front lawn – someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
“I just got a ticket for my cat being outside, in my yard,” Anderson said in disbelief.
An animal control employee received the report and made a house call to Kate’s Murray home. They then wrote her a citation.
“This is a cat who is neutered and micro-chipped and vaccinated, and is not a menace to society,” Anderson said.
Kate lifted up the ordinance and started to explain what it said, “That’s telling me I have to call for my court date… for my misdemeanors… of having my cat outside.”
Two charges were listed on the citation, both Class B misdemeanors. The first for having an ‘animal at large,’ the second for ‘not having an animal license attached.’
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> someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
Whoever thought that appropriate is a menace to society.
Should have declared her lawn a sanctuary yard for cats.
Probably someone who hates cats.
We have way too many silly laws. If an animal is creating a problem, by all means call animal control & deal with the owner. But a cat in its own yard behaving properly? Ridiculous!
Obviously a cat hater.
They obviously have a neighbor who doesn’t like them.
Actually an easy charge to beat since presence on your own property, by definition, is not “at large”.
The gov worker is probably humping the disgruntled neighbor.
A Romney voter no doubt..............
Mrs. Kravitz?
“Obviously a cat hater.”
May be someone who just likes to rat people out. One of my co-worker’s neighbors keeps calling animal control on his dogs for barking but it’s not his dogs. Animal control knows this and just tolerates her constant calls.
In Utah no less. So much for western independence.
The more corrupt the govwrnment, the more numerous the laws.
“lie” not “lay”
Fulton County, Georgia thinks I need a $25/year “license” for a housecat. They are so funny!
” If an animal is creating a problem, by all means call animal control & deal with the owner. “
And we are supposed to allow coyotes to roam our city streets because the world is their natural habitat!
There are loose cats all over my neighborhood. They kill birds and squirrels (and tear up ornamentals in the process), and then crap in the mulch.
Keep your cats in your houses.
“Whoever thought that appropriate is a menace to society”
Liberal Democrat butthead no doubt. But I repeat myself.
What did the cat lay?
The Government has killed a lot of people for less than $25.00.
Tootsie rolls
OMG I would be doing life without parole.
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