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Police: Urine From 35 Cats, Not Meth Lab, Caused Odor
ClickonDetroit ^
| November 8, 2005
| AP
Posted on 11/08/2005 7:33:01 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Police: Urine From 35 Cats, Not Meth Lab, Caused Odor
POSTED: 10:00 am EST November 8, 2005
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. -- It stinks! But at least it's not meth.
Police in New Kensington, Pa., worried about a methamphetamine lab when neighbors complained of a strong ammonia-like smell coming from a house. But illegal drugs aren't to blame -- just a lot of cats.
Code enforcement officer Rick Jacobus and police found 35 cats and a dog in the home. Jacobus said there were cats everywhere, from the rafters to the air ducts. The carpets and floor were soaked in cat urine, which was responsible for the strong chemical-like smell.
The tenants were evicted and the animals taken to the local shelter.
Jacobus said he's not sure if any charges will be filed against the landlord. Jacobus just wants the mess cleaned up.
A city ordinance allows up to four cats and two dogs per residence.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: crazycatlady; weirdcatlady
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To: ShadowDancer
Interesting they could confuse the two.
I haven't smelled meth, but I know the stench of cat pee when I smell it.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:34:54 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: ShadowDancer
To: ShadowDancer
Give me litterbox, or give me meth!
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:36:45 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: RockinRight
but I know the stench of cat pee when I smell it.There is no nastier smell in the world.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:36:49 AM PST
by
ShadowDancer
(I think I may have the Asian Bird Fru. I mean Flu. (Damn, it's starting already))
To: ShadowDancer
Does this mean there will be a new market for cats outside chinese restaurants.
Just a joke.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:37:28 AM PST
by
carlr
To: 3catsanadog; agrace; annyokie; Asphalt; Atlantin; Ayn Rand wannabe; Badray; Benrand; ...
Low-Graphics Burgh Ping Thing.
To: RockinRight
No kidding. My family is in the renovation business and we have tried to renovate two old-lady-dies-then-her-forty-cats-die-if-they-werent-dead-already houses.
You can't get that stink out.
We sold the first one "as is" at a loss, and ended up using heavy metal equipment on the second.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:38:43 AM PST
by
freedomlover
(This Fall a Woman will be the Mother of a Mouse)
To: RockinRight
Isn't ammonia in some form used in meth?
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:40:04 AM PST
by
freedomlover
(This Fall a Woman will be the Mother of a Mouse)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:41:40 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("To the terrorists, the media is a vital force multiplier" Brig. Gen. Donald Alston (USAF) 10/31/05)
To: freedomlover
Anhydrous Ammonia, also used by farmers. One of thwe reasons there are so many meth labs in farm country. It's easy to steal.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:48:23 AM PST
by
magslinger
(At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
To: ShadowDancer
"A city ordinance allows up to four cats and two dogs per residence."I'm glad they have time to regulate that sort of thing.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:48:24 AM PST
by
T.Smith
To: magslinger
thwe=the
Edit twice, post once.
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:50:42 AM PST
by
magslinger
(At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
To: ShadowDancer
I'll bet the owner of the house is really pissed...
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posted on
11/08/2005 7:57:31 AM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and there you will find the face of Islam...)
To: carlr
Does this mean there will be a new market for cats outside chinese restaurants .... Just a joke. You may think it's just a joke!
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posted on
11/08/2005 8:11:41 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: ShadowDancer
What were the cats doing with a meth lab?
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posted on
11/08/2005 8:14:06 AM PST
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: BulletBobCo
There should be a "spinster with 40 cats" pinglist. :)
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posted on
11/08/2005 8:21:10 AM PST
by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
To: magslinger
Does is smell like ammonia, say when it get damp?
(Not a chemist here)
Next thing you will see cat houses (the literal kind) being used as fronts for meth houses. When that house blows up you are really going to have a toxic site on your hands.
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posted on
11/08/2005 8:37:21 AM PST
by
freedomlover
(This Fall a Woman will be the Mother of a Mouse)
To: freedomlover
Anhydrous ammonia is liquified gasous ammonia. The ammonia used in cleaning is ammonia dissoved in water. Think of it this way, cleaning ammonia is to anhydrous ammonia as beer is to everclear. What ever the source, ammonia smells like, well, ammonia.
As for hiding meth labs behind cat houses, it was the smell of ammonia that brought the cops in this case, probably wouldn't work.
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posted on
11/08/2005 8:54:17 AM PST
by
magslinger
(At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
To: ShadowDancer
police found 35 cats and a dog in the home Wow, I'll bet that's one *****-whipped dog...
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