Cats!

*gem*

looopylala wrote: »

Is the house next door owned by a social landlord? local authority housing? if so I am sure there is something in the small print about how many pets are there it might be worth contacting the landlord.. or the council Also there might be some loophole if the cats keep having kittens could she be classed as an unregistered breeder?

ps just checked, not sure where you are but Northampton council only allows 2 cats per local authority property it also states that they must be cleaned up after or could face fines...

Her house is owned by the local housing authority. I have called them but they said that there was nothing in the tenancy agreement to say she couldn't have as many cats as she liked. There are restrictions on dogs though.

MrsAtobe

*gem*, can I suggest that you find out who in your LHA is in charge of sorting out anti-social behaviour? I would then keep a diary, with photographic evidence of what their cats are doing in your back garden every day. Include any threats or repercussions made to you after you spoke them. Email it to the LHA, Environmental Health and your local councillor. Repeat each week for one year, although I would be surprised if it took them that long to sort it out.

You have to convince the authorities that you are not going to put up with this situation, and you are not going to go away. Can you tell I've been there? Good luck!

hareng

Sound advice there Mrsatobe but she shouldnt in all fairness have to go to those extremes.

I assume the cats dont sctratch the kids? That could be an easy way out.
Other than that buy yourself a Jack Russell.

Oliver14

There's a lot of people in this thread going on about cats with worms etc. there is no proof that any of these cats have worms. The RSPCA will only do something if the welfare of the animals is poor or they are being mis treated. Other wise anything would have to be voluntarily.

Your best hope is to keep on at environmental health as if there is a lot of faeces around its a public health issue. If they won't listen speak to your MP.

Also does she own the house? If it is a council house or a HA one there will be a limit to the number of animals they can keep or if they have a private landlord you could contact them.

The other thing is keep a diary of any problems and photograph any evidence. If all else fails you may need to consider your local press who may be able to nudge environmental health.

Also the posters who say cats wont poo on paths are talking rubbish. Yes its not a preferred place but some cats will. I do actually know someone with 18 cats but they have an outside run for them. That many cats from one person in a high housing area can easily cause a problem so the best thing is to keep being persistent with EH. Also no matter what some other posters say here don't be tempted to do anything that could harm the cays or effect their welfare as all that will happen is you will weaken your own complaint and probably cause yourself more problems.

Oliver14

*gem* wrote: »

Her house is owned by the local housing authority. I have called them but they said that there was nothing in the tenancy agreement to say she couldn't have as many cats as she liked. There are restrictions on dogs though.

There will though be a clause in the tenancy about making sure any animals are not a problem or a health risk.

darkpool

Oliver14 wrote: »

There's a lot of people in this thread going on about cats with worms etc. there is no proof that any of these cats have worms.

apart from the faeces crawling with worms.....