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Anyone have a problem with this? Evo, did you say something once about strays showing up at your house? [I mean cats, not men ]
We have lost kitties showing up at a rate of 5/yr since the last of our dogs went to that great fire hydrant in the sky. So, since we needed a couple of new kitties, we have kept two, found the home for one, fed and watered one ferrel cat until it apparently got sick and died. Today I had to take number 5 to the pound. I felt bad since its fate is very uncertain but we simply cant' absorb any more animals. But...get this!
I realized why we get so many cats. People dump them in the hills and ours is about the first stop along the creek bed before you hit civiliation. What I didn't know is this: In Oregon, if you abandon an animal, you go to jail. So, these guys land on our property and terrorize our cats, and greatly upset the peace - this one was even getting into the house and spraying in the bedroom! - so if we can't take them in as pets, something has to be done. I can either shoot them, which is completely legal but obviously unacceptable to me, esp since these may be lost pets, or I can trap them, drive 30 miles to the nearest shelter, and pay thirty five dollars to lock them in a cage on death row. If I capture and release them somewhere way back up in the hills where they might have a fighting chance, I could go to jail.
We have lost kitties showing up at a rate of 5/yr since the last of our dogs went to that great fire hydrant in the sky. So, since we needed a couple of new kitties, we have kept two, found the home for one, fed and watered one ferrel cat until it apparently got sick and died. Today I had to take number 5 to the pound. I felt bad since its fate is very uncertain but we simply cant' absorb any more animals. But...get this!
I realized why we get so many cats. People dump them in the hills and ours is about the first stop along the creek bed before you hit civiliation. What I didn't know is this: In Oregon, if you abandon an animal, you go to jail. So, these guys land on our property and terrorize our cats, and greatly upset the peace - this one was even getting into the house and spraying in the bedroom! - so if we can't take them in as pets, something has to be done. I can either shoot them, which is completely legal but obviously unacceptable to me, esp since these may be lost pets, or I can trap them, drive 30 miles to the nearest shelter, and pay thirty five dollars to lock them in a cage on death row. If I capture and release them somewhere way back up in the hills where they might have a fighting chance, I could go to jail.
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