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Law Prohibits Dog and Cat in Same House
Glenwood Springs Post Independent ^ | 11/30/04 | AP

Posted on 11/30/2004 9:22:31 AM PST by GSWarrior

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- The truth about cats and dogs in this city is that they aren't allowed to live in the same house. But that's about to change.

Current city law allows residents to own up to two dogs or two cats at the same time - but not a dog and a cat together. After getting complaints, the City Council is expected to change the law next month.

The problem was discovered when Susan Sewell and her family went to the Utah County Animal Shelter in Spanish Fork to adopt a kitten in August. The family already has a cat and a dog.

They chose a kitten and began filling out the adoption paperwork. But when shelter staff learned of their existing pets, the family was told they couldn't have the new animal because Provo only allowed residents to have cats or dogs, not cats and dogs.

"I know people can't be having five, six, seven animals running around," Sewell said. "But if you are a responsible pet owner, why limit it to two? If you have two dogs, your kid can't ever have a cat."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: adoption; cats; cohabitation; crime; dogs; dogsncatslivinginsin; interspeciesmarriage; laws; petadoption; unusuallaws; vikingkitties
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To: GSWarrior

The laws of physics prevent my jack russells from occupying the same space as a feline entity. Trust me on this one.


21 posted on 11/30/2004 9:37:42 AM PST by cripplecreek (I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
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To: Modernman

That is a good law!!! :-)


22 posted on 11/30/2004 9:39:49 AM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: GSWarrior

23 posted on 11/30/2004 9:40:13 AM PST by CougarGA7 (Reporting from the Third World State of New Mexico.)
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To: GSWarrior

Cathouses and doghouses. Many have been in them both at one time or another.


24 posted on 11/30/2004 9:41:31 AM PST by JesseHousman
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To: GSWarrior
They chose a kitten and began filling out the adoption paperwork
OK, what's WRONG with this sentence?
25 posted on 11/30/2004 9:42:54 AM PST by Libertina (We praise You Lord, You have granted America a Christian leader!)
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To: GSWarrior

A lot of Utah seems to be run like the city councils were homeowners' associations. I don't know why. I am a transplant from the South, but I noticed this when I moved to Utah a couple of years ago.


26 posted on 11/30/2004 9:43:30 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: JesseHousman

Usually in that order.


27 posted on 11/30/2004 9:43:44 AM PST by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: massgopguy
"Dogs and cats living together, human sacrifice, mass hysteria". - Bill Murray "Ghostbusters"

Probably being discussed at a city council near you. LOLOL.

28 posted on 11/30/2004 9:47:10 AM PST by afnamvet (Tuy Hoa AB RVN 68-69 Jet Noise...The Sound of Freedom!)
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To: Libertina

Licenses, licenses, licenses.


29 posted on 11/30/2004 9:56:55 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

The majority of the population of Utah is accustomed to and accepting of the LDS Church meddling in the details of their personal lives. And the majority of lawmakers are LDS Church members who are in the habit of meddling in their neighbors' daily lives as part of their church duties. Not that they regard it as "meddling", but most outsiders would. The result is a culture where this sort of thing is accepted without much questioning. Historically, the Church has functioned as a quasi-governmental body in Utah, and the legacy of that is all over Utah's laws.


30 posted on 11/30/2004 9:58:14 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Libertina

Anthrophasia?


31 posted on 11/30/2004 9:58:59 AM PST by Old Professer (The accidental trumps the purposeful in every endeavor attended by the incompetent.)
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There are good reasons behind seemingly senseless laws....I mean, what's next?


32 posted on 11/30/2004 10:00:19 AM PST by hispanarepublicana (Miss Free Republic High School-198?)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Maybe that is why they were having such a big argument over fluordation of water recently...


33 posted on 11/30/2004 10:01:29 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: GSWarrior; Ronin
And what's wrong with 5, 6, or 7 animals running around if the owner takes care of them?
34 posted on 11/30/2004 10:12:03 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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To: Modernman
there's a law in Texas that forbids more than six women living in a house together.

So you mean to tell me that the website www.texas-cheerleader-roomates.com is a hoax?

35 posted on 11/30/2004 10:14:02 AM PST by KidGlock (W-1)
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To: dfwgator

It is dangerous to let a cat and a mouse live in a house together Tom & Jerry, er Itchy & Scratchy can leave a house dangerously uninhabitable with their volly of bombs, saws, knife blades, anvils...


36 posted on 11/30/2004 10:23:53 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Libertina

Co-habitation laws changing, adoption of pets, what's next marriage?


37 posted on 11/30/2004 10:25:17 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: GSWarrior
As anyone who watches Conan O'Brien will tell you:

"Llama, goat, giraffe... good."

"Llama, tiger, jackal... bad!"

It's all about knowing how animals relate.

38 posted on 11/30/2004 10:31:21 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: mhking

JUST DAMN

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1291223/posts?


39 posted on 11/30/2004 10:31:59 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: GSWarrior

40 posted on 11/30/2004 10:34:25 AM PST by zoobee
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