SpaceCity Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Adopt Pinky -- The Pet of The Week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 still laughing....thanks for the humor, Space City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 OUCH!!! Video is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Neighbors squabble over wandering catWoodlands residents square off over pet boundariesBy BETH KUHLES, Chronicle CorrespondentThere's a real cat fight going on in The Woodlands.On the one side of the skirmish in the village of Cochran's Crossing are traps and surveillance. On the other side are decoys and perimeters being patrolled.The fight is over a 14-year-old Maine Coon Cat named Pepper."Animal control gets to my house faster than the pizza delivery guy," said Katie Kelley, who owns Pepper.Dispute historyThe dispute has been going on since December, when neighbor Linda Ward first trapped Pepper in a cage in her yard. She was tired of neighborhood cats walking on her outdoor patio tables, leaving feces and dead birds at her front door and on her pool deck, and darting out in the street in front of her car. "The law is pretty clear," said Steve Ward, her husband. "You can't let the cat run across the street and those cats run across the street. Enforcing the law is not a nuisance."Kelley retrieved her cat from Montgomery County Animal Control and tried to talk to her neighbor about the problem, but Pepper was caught a second time a week later in the Wards' yard and Kelley was issued a citation.Leash law"There is a leash law and we are bound by law to enforce it," said Kelli Copeland, director of Montgomery County Animal Control. "Some people think that the leash law for cats is a bad thing. Some people think the leash law is a good thing. What concerns us is violations of the law." Kelley said she tried many new methods to keep Pepper and a second cat close to home, such as a leash, monitored walks and supervised outdoor play time.Ongoing battleAfter the complaint was dismissed in July, Kelley said her family has been subject to harassment. The Kelleys said Linda Ward continues to take pictures of the cats in their own yard and are baiting traps that attract cats to trespass on the Wards' property. Tired of the ongoing battle, Kelley said she confined her cats to the house and put stuffed animals on the property, only to have Linda Ward continue to take pictures."I'm doing what animal control told me to do," said Linda Ward, who was told to keep a log and photos documenting the times the cats were off the property.Ward said between January and September, she logged the cats crossing the road 29 times. She never turned in pictures of the cats on the front lawn.Kelley was issued a second citation on Sept. 15, when animal control found her cats off the leash in her own front yard. She is fighting that case in court, and she is circulating a petition to change some of the leash laws for cats.Kelley would like to repeal leash laws for cats and put an end to trapping privately owned cats."I'm not trying to say that you should let your cats walk all over other people's yards and scratch their cars," said Robert Kelley, Katie Kelley's husband. "But it should not just be the fact that they are not leashed that should be a nuisance."Ward, too, said she is being harassed by neighbors for trapping their pets. She said fliers were placed throughout the neighborhood with her name and address when she trapped another neighbor's cat and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department was at her door with allegations of hurting Pepper. Neighbors were banging on her door at night over the incident and snide remarks were tossed her way, Ward said.As a result of this case, Montgomery County may take a look at its animal control ordinances for cats.Review of lawsPrecinct 3 Commissioner Ed Chance said the law should not allow violations to be issued for cats or dogs off leashes on their own property. He also believes that if animals are trapped on neighbors' property, an affidavit should be signed stating it was trapped in that location or animal control should pick it up from the site to ensure the animal was trapped there.HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: So. Montgomery Co. News This article is: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/t...04/news/2832361 (Once you've seen the above video regarding Pinky the cat, it becomes painfully obvious why cats shouldn't be put on leashes....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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