stupidest city ordinance

[mcobbin]

guys...sorry i've been off here for so long, i've been taking finals. my mother just told me about the stupidest city ordinance in HISTORY!!! :x according to the local newspaper in the town of Horseshoe Bend, AR. the city has passed an ordinance making it ILLEGAL to feed strays!!! :evil: Now, i know that the ultimate goal is to collect these poor souls and get them into loving homes, but the simple fact is, until they GET put in homes, they are hungry and starving, which is often compounded by the VERY cold Arkansas winters!! I'm in the process of e-mailing the chamber of commerce in that town as i am writing this, so i WILL be updating everyone about this. Considering i have 50 lbs of dogfood and 10lbs of cat food in my utility closet at this MOMENT just for strays, this INFURIATES ME :evil: :evil: :evil: If this turns out to be true, will anyone help me by e-mailing this back@sswards town and all of its retarded policymakers????? PLEASE?

[mcobbin]

thanks connie, i should have some sort of reply from their chamber of commerce by tomorrow!

[Guest Anonymous]

DITTO!

[mcobbin]

well, i e-mailed Mrs. Sue Legg who is apparently in charge of the animal control in Horseshoe Bend. This is what she wrote to me:

"(regarding any strays you feed) You are liable for damages incurred by the animal, by "harboring" the animal - allowing it to be on your property. Also, if you do not "fix" the animal, you are creating a monster in allowing unrestricted reproduction, resulting in a whole lot of new "strays".
sue

Ok. I agree with the part about fixing the animal...i'm an advocate for fixing all dogs when keeping them fertile is not absolutely necessary. but "Harboring" the animal??? And i'd probably refrain from calling a stray a "MONSTER" :evilbat: simply because some stupid human discarded it. My mom told me that apparently a lot of local people have been opposing this new ordinance as well. so, maybe if they can get the support of those from all over the country/world they'll realize how ridiculous this all is. i realize the problems associated with helping continue the cycle of strays, but until their butts get out there and start collecting strays, someone has got to step up to at least keep the animals alive...and it appears that plenty of people were willing to take this task on, if they felt it was necessary to create an ORDINANCE to stop it!! It seems as though they are trying to let the strays starve to death to control the population....not the answer people!! :x i must give the town's chamber of commerce credit for running a legitimate shelter that seems oriented towards adoptions, though. they have a website up showing the adoptions that have been successful.

http://members.tripod.com/~doglegg/HAPPILY.htm

and they do have an interesting site to warn people about what can happen to your pet if you run a "Free to a good home" ad

http://members.tripod.com/~doglegg/charlie_parker.html

(Very distressing!!) but regardless, this ordinance is ridiculous!! Her reply seemed to infer a sort of scare tactic...."sure go ahead and "Harbour" these "monstors", but let them on your property and then you're responsible if it bites someone..."

I'm not sure if anyone is still interested, but if you still see something a bit unsettling with this new law, you can e-mail them at

slegg@centuryinter.net