An Asshole is a Person in Your Neighborhood

[jamesq]

Somebody needs a punch in the cock.

Spanky (nosarious' cat) went missing two nights ago. He found him on the City Pound's website. Today he gets to go down and pay whatever fines are required to get Spanky back.

The pound is supposed to let us know when this happens, assuming they can figure out who we are. Funny thing about that - between the last time we saw Spanky and when he was turned in, his collar and tags went missing (edit: apparently not - they just couldn't be seen in the picture on the website, and they hadn't gotten around to collecting the data to contact nosarious). Spanky is quite used to his collar and has never gotten out of it to my knowledge.

I doubt the city is going to let us know who turned him in. I have my suspicions though.

It takes a special kind of asshole to get off on trapping innocent animals.

Comments

[ishansonofbrand.livejournal.com]

Is the cat tattooed as well?

[jamesq]

I have no idea.

[thekillerb69.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing, either a proper tattoo or a chip implant, neither can be taken off.

If you do find out it's who you suspected it is (and I have to agree it's highly likely it's him) you might be able to issue a complaint to the city to get his trap taken away since he is now removing tags to up the fines. Yes I know he'll deny it but it's worth a shot, at least to put it on record that you suspect he's doing it.

[mallt.livejournal.com]

Also I believe that if they have a chip or tattoo the city does not require them to wear their tags as they can link the license to the chip # or tattoo. I would say chips are better... tattoos become less legible over time.

Duchess is tattooed & Merlin is chipped... but I agree with oblivions, I don't let my cats wonder around outside because as much as I like cats, I don't like my flower beds being turned into litter boxes & don't want my cats causing the grief other peoples cats have caused me.

[ishansonofbrand.livejournal.com]

Might be a good idea. A failsafe for if it gets picked up again.

My parents cat got that. Don't know how effective it is though.

[oblivions.livejournal.com]

Mine is tattooed and her records can still be pulled with it.

[oblivions.livejournal.com]

I do have to comment however that it's not safe for any animal to be wandering around in the city. a) I'm not keen on other peoples cats shitting in my yard (and it's a problem that arises from the 3 cats that wandering around my neighbourhood), and b) being run over is a serious potential which I have also nearly done when they dart out in front of the car in the middle of the night).

True taking off the tags is remarkably douchy, but maybe the cat shouldn't be wandering around in the first place. I always kept Rhogan on a leash if I wasn't there to watch her to keep things like that from being a problem.

[jamesq]

True enough, the cat shouldn't be out (and I don't let him out), especially given his habit of lying down in the middle of road. Ger let him get in the habit of being outside again over the summer, when he could sit outside and watch him. I expect he's not going outside again until the spring.

Still, the city does suggest talking to your neighbors first, and asshole has never done that.

Sigh. I love cats, but this sort of shit is exactly why I don't own one.

[mallt.livejournal.com]

"Still, the city does suggest talking to your neighbors first"
Two problems with that:
1. Not everyone is comfortable with doing that, I didn't approach my neighbours about it partly because of this & partly because,
2. You don't always know who the cat belongs to. I know in your case that's not the problem but in my neighbourhood we have 5 or 6 I would regularly see out & about... only 2 of which I know the owners of.

My solution was simply to buy a cat scarer that sends out a sonic pulse when it detects movement. It solved the problem of cats & the jack rabbits... 2 birds with 1 stone! :)

[jamesq]

This might be true of some people, but from observation, this is simply a guy who enjoys causing his neighbors grief in petty little passive-aggressive ways. I've heard tales from my more normal neighbors that, when confronted, he laughs about it.

I quite agree that the cat shouldn't be out, but the biggest danger to its welfare is this neighbor himself. I can easily believe he is capable of simply killing Spanky or releasing it far away. I suppose the fact that he's sending them to the pound is a positive.

I'd suggest the cat scare-er, except it's clear he enjoys the current state of affairs.