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Title: Murray woman charged after letting cat lie on front lawn
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FOX 13, Salt Lake City
URL Source: https://fox13now.com/2019/06/26/mur ... letting-cat-lay-on-front-lawn/
Published: Jun 27, 2019
Author: Elle Thomas
Post Date: 2019-10-02 10:23:29 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 13332
Comments: 156
MURRAY, Utah – A Utah woman wants to see change after an antiquated ordinance led her to receive misdemeanor charges for allowing her cat to lie on their front lawn. When Kate Anderson was first approached by animal control, she thought something terrible had happened to their cat. Then, the officer gave her a citation, carrying the weight of two misdemeanor charges, for letting her cat lie on their own lawn. “Milo, come here!” Anderson said as she made kissy noises to her cat while it laid on their front lawn. In the Anderson household, Milo is treated like family. “He’s got a cat door, so he just comes and goes and is a cat,” Anderson said. However, they never expected their furry feline would be the reason they were slapped with misdemeanor charges. “There he is, back at the scene of the crime,” Anderson laughed as her cat came near her and laid on the lawn. On Monday, Kate said Milo had let himself outside and was on their front lawn – someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it. “I just got a ticket for my cat being outside, in my yard,” Anderson said in disbelief. An animal control employee received the report and made a house call to Kate’s Murray home. They then wrote her a citation. “This is a cat who is neutered and micro-chipped and vaccinated, and is not a menace to society,” Anderson said. Kate lifted up the ordinance and started to explain what it said, “That’s telling me I have to call for my court date… for my misdemeanors… of having my cat outside.” Two charges were listed on the citation, both Class B misdemeanors. The first for having an ‘animal at large,’ the second for ‘not having an animal license attached.’ “Like a fugitive. Like robbed a bank,” she said after reading the phrase ‘at large’ out loud. Based on the Murray city ordinance, which was enacted in 1963, it is illegal for any animal, house cats included, to run at large. The ordinance reads in part: “It is unlawful for the owner or person having charge, care, custody or control of any animal to allow such animal at any time to run at large. The owner or person charged with responsibility of an animal found running loose shall be strictly liable for a violation of this section and for any injury to a person or another animal, or property damage caused by such animal running at large, regardless of the precautions taken to prevent the escape of the animal and regardless of whether the owner or person charged with responsibility knows that the animal is running at large." Murray City goes on to define ‘at large’ as anytime an animal is not on a leash, confined to a vehicle or secured in the yard. Even if the animal is on the owner’s property, Murray City defines them as ‘at large’ unless there is adequate protection to ensure other’s safety, there also must be a warning given, to let individuals know the animal is there. “I don’t think most people think it is illegal to let your cat outside under any circumstance,” Anderson said. “It sounded like the ordinance was kept vague for a reason so if there are strange circumstances, they can do something about that, but this just feels like animal control being out of control,” Anderson said. The City Attorney for Murray, G.L. Critchfield, told FOX 13 that while Milo being on the lawn was technically a violation, they have filed a motion to dismiss the charges, considering how minor the violation is. While prosecutors did tell Kate, that they would not be following through with the charges, she said she does not know what to do considering her cat is an indoor/outdoor animal. “It’s definitely antiquated, I think if anything, there needs to be some kind of addition or amendment to the ordinance excluding felines,” Anderson said. Critchfield said they do not foresee any amendments being made to the ordinance as it stands, to allow a broad coverage of any animals they encounter.
Poster Comment: At least the doggie cop didn't "fear for his life" and shoot the kitty. On Monday, Kate said Milo had let himself outside and was on their front lawn – someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it. What kind of asshole does that? I can imagine Gatlin, the self appointed Gladys Kravitzu in his gated community maybe.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Why? Because she just so happens to own one? "Fuck you and your dog. I want an amendment that protects ME."
You better watch out misterwhite! This is what the ole antichrist will be doing to you when he comes to town!
Too late
'What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?'
What kind of asshole does that? People with no life. I don't have a cat because my HOA ruled that cats outside must be on a leash. I hate HOAs. One person complains and the other 585 homes have to suffer.
HOAs are the worst places to live IMHO. Some of them won't even let you fly an American flag, and as you said, it only takes one Gladys Kravitz to make the rest of the residents miserable.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. It is not completely unsurprising to me that you constantly think about me and find that you use fantasizing as a means of giving yourself an illusion transference of greatness while you project yourself as being me in order to satisfy the wonderfully great emotional experience that you crave, albeit through a mere illusion. You have indeed mentioned before that you often fantasize about me. But I fear that you may now do it more often that you realize. And it could be that your fantasizes about me have gone so far that that they have now become a natural part of your human psyche – thereby letting them totally eclipse your ability to engage in reality. It is because of this that I am here now to tell you that you letting me get control of your mind can actually become a dire problem with some pretty serious side-effects. You need to get over your projections and concentrate of your personal development. For comprehensive research has found that those who have the healthiest personalities rank low in neuroticism, high in openness to new experiences, and low in their tendency to fantasize are the individuals who best succeed in life. Your over-reliance on abductive reasoning and the complete sacrifice of more powerful logical tools, make your irrelevant conclusions suspect at very best. Without context and association to actuality the looks are always deceiving. We today find ourselves living in a sarcastic society where the use of sarcasm is almost everywhere. Sarcasm can be an underhand compliment, a snarky retort, or a curt jibe. People often use sarcasm to vent their unhappiness. I fear the latter reflects your situtiaon. Salute,
For when you buy in you do so knowing full well that you are expected to follow the rules like everyone else and not just the rules you like and want to follow. If a homeowner does not like some resident violating the conditions set forth in HOA community regulations and rules, the homeowner has the right to require the HOA to enforce the community regulations and rules or to commence a legal action against an HOA that refuses to take enforcement action, remove a member, or members, of the board of the directors of the HOA, or amend the terms of the governing documents. Unfortunately, each of these options is typically time consuming, expensive, and difficult. So there are some who simply prefer to bitch on a chit-chat forum about having to follow regulations and rules they agreed subscribed to in the first place. Some people have a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that their existence is senseless and useless while their way to get status among other complainers is to be the most negative and that is what you were doing here, Decard - Right? Things never go good for you as evidenced by the fact that you are constantly complaining about one thing or another. Sad - Ever si sad ... Salute,
Salute,
This was the “second” citation issued against her and that was the “weight” of two misdemeanor charges. Salute,
So? In the Anderson household do they except family to be treated with impunity and be exempted from punishment and have the freedom from injurious consequences for their actions when they violate laws? Judging from this article, that appears to be the case … Salute,
This means what? Salute,
Ignorantia juris non excusat is the age old legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because one was unaware of its content. Salute,
She expressed happiness at violating the law and paying the fines. So, what’s the problem here? Salute,
For the law does not exempt a cat that is “neutered and micro-chipped and vaccinated.” Neither does a cat have to be declared not “a menace to society” for you to be exempt from the law. Salute,
Salute,
This article nos state there were two charges on the same citation. Not that will result in any difference in the fine she will pay – I suppose. Salute,
“Drama Queen” She is stealing your thunder – Deckard. Salute,
No Shit !!! Then what is the reason for this article … Salute,
“It is unlawful for the owner or person having charge, care, custody or control of any animal to allow such animal at any time to run at large. No need to post that here. Tattoo it in her brain. Salute,
“It sounded like the ordinance was kept vague for a reason so if there are strange circumstances, they can do something about that, but this just feels like animal control being out of control,” Anderson said. Nah, it sounds more all the time that this woman was a classmate of yours, Deckard, since her limited speed of though processing and inability to sequence rational ideas appear to be the same as yours. Salute,
OMG … Glory be … Cue the song: Compassion from a law enforcement official. Did you ever – EVER – think you would live to see that day? Gpd Bless America … Salute,
That was fun, Deckard. I look forward to doing this again sometime … Salute,
Delusional.
I have a cat.... and it NEVER is allowed outside, that’s how they shit in other people’s back yards, get in neighborhood trash and get FLATTENED by cars... and as of the last 20 years or so, many states, after being pressured by PETA-like assholes (that’s anyone that doesn’t realize that a dog and cat are animals, BELOW us humans) to make it mandatory for a motor vehicle operator to STOP and report when you hit a fucking cat. Well... if you feel you need a cat, then keep the kritter in your house... or are you one of those special libertarian assholes that feel your freedoms are more important than mine?
Cats belong outside with the birds and bees.
Delusional. Yes, I definitely agree that he is delusional . If not delusional, then maybe psychotic. What better explanation can be given to the fact that he “imagines” seeing me while his “thinking” about me in an article about a cat he posted – Where he stated: See … I take this opportunity to say: A bright and cheery Good Morning to you, Sir. Salute,
An asshole who needs to be dealt with.
Kooky.
Why? So that they can continue eat up all of the birds – While I don’t know about the bees? While “your outdoor cats” are definitely a human-caused problem, it appears you don’t give a shit about finding ways to address it – when you take the approach of just letting cats run wild and continue to “kill 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals each year.” Stone, you are delusional … Salute,
Salute,
An asshole who needs to be dealt with. You pass judgments and state opinions on these stories when you only read what one person is reporting and never know the “story behind the story.” Who knows … When one neighbor finally gave her a dose of her own medicine and called the authorities on a law she was violating. I don’t know the story behind the story posted here. But I do know that there usually more to the stories than we are ever told here in these wildly extreme examples of cop-hating and anti-government articles posted on LF by Deckard. Salute,
Yet the next fifteen posts are made by you, directly to me, each and every one them a long winded screed about (predictably) how "rules are rules" and (predictably) filled with personal attacks and insults to: Deckard. Think about that.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. An asshole who needs to be dealt with. How about her calling the cops on her neighbor because her grass is an inch too high - boy-howdee! I tell you what. Gatlin would be all over that one in a heartbeat. It's a cat on a woman's own PRIVATE PROPERTY. Gatin responded predictably - quite a personally revealing insight into the philosophy and mindset of the poster known as "Gatlin. I noticed Gatlin doing a little channeling of other infamous posters. Some misterwhite rhetoric in posts 8 and 10, doing an impression of nolu spam in post 12. Gomer Pyle (huh?) at #15, a couple more of whitey... The rest was typical Gatlin bilge.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. LOL !!
Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers) "No one ever rescues an old dog. They lay in a cage until they die. PLEASE save one. None of us wants to die cold and alone... --Dennis Olson " People that say money can't buy you happiness, have never paid an adoption fee
I'd call the SWAT team just for those kissy noises. LOL
Not a Libertarian. Live in the desert, so there isn't much for cats to dig up. It's just one more abusive action by an out of control HOA. Sorry, but I'm not a fan of them. Many of these type rules have appeared since we bought a property in the complex. Those were common sense rules to keep up property values. We should have rights that should not be infringed. We pay the mortgage, we own the land, we contribute to the upkeep of our village. Certain sensable rules are one thing, overstepping personal rights are another. One man complained about common property bushes. A few buds fell off over his wall. literally, a few. They lined the blvds and streets. That resulted in them cutting down every tree and bush. We now have ugly large boulders instead of nice green beauty to look at along our streets. Talk about devaluing a property! It's now ugly, an eyesore. I'm sorry, but one complaint should not have the right to penalize the rest of us. Put such up for a vote. Everyone was super p*zzed off about it. It ruined the complex. Took away pleasant visages all because of a one man who was a renter, not a property owner. I constantly pick up debris that the wind blows around. Pine needles when the pines are 100s of feet from my property. Stange, non-indiginous weeds that pop up. It's just part of living among people. I pull them up and clean up the needles. No big deal. I won't have a cat that has to live it's entire life inside. Animals have needs also. They belong outdoors as much as humans do. It's cruel to keep an animal from normal habitats.
If you feel you need a cat, as a “pet”... and your “pet” enters my yard, expect me to treat it like I do birds and bees on my property. I kill them.
Then don’t buy a fucking house, with one attached. I’m not a fan either, but I understand the concept of them. So, since I possess the ability to AVOID getting in one, by having the fucking CHOICE not to get in one, then I don’t have the need to fucking state, I’d have a cat, but my neighbors won’t allow my cat to shit in their fucking planters. How rude of them.
HOW TO GET OVER DISAPPOINTMENT.
What a weird twisted thing for a "law enforcement" officer to say. You would be video taped arrested and jailed. Then doxxed. Then i'd kick your ass.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“It’s definitely antiquated, I think if anything, there needs to be some kind of addition or amendment to the ordinance excluding felines,” Anderson said.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
neutered and micro-chipped and vaccinated
#3. To: watchman (#2)
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
Milo had let himself outside and was on their front lawn – someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
#5. To: WWG1WWA (#4)
I don't have a cat because my HOA ruled that cats outside must be on a leash. I hate HOAs. One person complains and the other 585 homes have to suffer.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
… I can imagine Gatlin …
At least the doggie cop didn't "fear for his life" and shoot the kitty.
Gatlin
#7. To: Deckard (#5)
HOAs are the worst places to live IMHO …
So, never buy into an area that is under the governorship of HOA regulations and rules.
Gatlin
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
A Utah woman wants to see change after an antiquated ordinance led her to receive misdemeanor charges for allowing her cat to lie on their front lawn.
Great. There is an legal established process for making such a change – So have at it.
Gatlin
#9. To: Deckard (#0)
When Kate Anderson was first approached by animal control, she thought something terrible had happened to their cat.
Why would she think anything other than the officer was going to give her a citation – because it was the second one she was getting for the exact same violation? Then, the officer gave her a citation, carrying the weight of two misdemeanor charges, for letting her cat lie on their own lawn.
This is not true. This citation she was given did not carry the weight of two misdemeanor charges.
Gatlin
#10. To: Deckard (#0)
In the Anderson household, Milo is treated like family.
Gatlin
#11. To: Deckard (#0)
“He’s got a cat door, so he just comes and goes and is a cat,” Anderson said.
Gatlin
#12. To: Deckard (#0)
However, they never expected their furry feline would be the reason they were slapped with misdemeanor charges.
Gatlin
#13. To: Deckard (#0)
“There he is, back at the scene of the crime,” Anderson laughed as her cat came near her and laid on the lawn.
Gatlin
#14. To: Deckard (#0)
“This is a cat who is neutered and micro-chipped and vaccinated, and is not a menace to society,” Anderson said.
Uh, Anderson – you are obviously as big a dumb shit as Deckard is.
Gatlin
#15. To: Deckard (#0)
Kate lifted up the ordinance and started to explain what it said, “That’s telling me I have to call for my court date… for my misdemeanors… of having my cat outside.”
Surprise – Surprise …
Gatlin
#16. To: Deckard (#0)
Two charges were listed on the citation, both Class B misdemeanors. The first for having an ‘animal at large,’ the second for ‘not having an animal license attached.’
One article stated that this was the second citation she had received.
Gatlin
#17. To: Deckard (#0)
“Like a fugitive. Like robbed a bank,” she said after reading the phrase ‘at large’ out loud.
Gatlin
#18. To: Deckard (#0)
Based on the Murray city ordinance, which was enacted in 1963, it is illegal for any animal, house cats included, to run at large.
Gatlin
#19. To: Deckard (#0)
The ordinance reads in part:
Gatlin
#20. To: Deckard (#0)
(Edited)
“I don’t think most people think it is illegal to let your cat outside under any circumstance,” Anderson said.
Gatlin
#21. To: Deckard (#0)
The City Attorney for Murray, G.L. Critchfield, told FOX 13 that while Milo being on the lawn was technically a violation, they have filed a motion to dismiss the charges, considering how minor the violation is.
Gatlin
#22. To: Deckard (#0)
Gatlin
#23. To: Gatlin (#6)
It is not completely unsurprising to me that you constantly think about me and find that you use fantasizing as a means of giving yourself an illusion transference of greatness while you project yourself as being me in order to satisfy the wonderfully great emotional experience that you crave, albeit through a mere illusion.
#24. To: WWG1WWA (#4)
I don't have a cat because my HOA ruled that cats outside must be on a leash.
#25. To: GrandIsland (#24)
#26. To: A K A Stone (#23)
It is not completely unsurprising to me that you constantly think about me and find that you use fantasizing as a means of giving yourself an illusion transference of greatness while you project yourself as being me in order to satisfy the wonderfully great emotional experience that you crave, albeit through a mere illusion.
What kind of asshole does that? I can imagine Gatlin ... [Underline Added]
Gatlin
#27. To: Deckard (#0)
someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
#28. To: Gatlin (#26)
#29. To: A K A Stone, GrandIsland (#25)
Cats belong outside with the birds and bees.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/faq-outdoor-cats-and-their-effects-on- birds/
Any intelligent person should be able to recognize that this is an unnatural situation and it is taking a tremendous toll on the native wildlife in our country. There are now between 60 million to 100 million free-ranging, unowned cats in the United States. These are non-native predators that, even using conservative estimates, kill 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals each year.
Gatlin
#30. To: A K A Stone (#28)
Kooky.
That probably is a better adjective to use in describing Deckard.
Gatlin
#31. To: A K A Stone (#27)
someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
That it may have been that the “lady with the cat” was the “asshole” who kept complaining to the authorities about insignificant problems she found with her neighbors.
Who knows …
Gatlin
#32. To: Gatlin (#6)
It is not completely unsurprising to me that you constantly think about me and find that you use fantasizing as a means of giving yourself an illusion transference of greatness while you project yourself as being me in order to satisfy the wonderfully great emotional experience that you crave, albeit through a mere illusion.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#33. To: A K A Stone, Tooconservative, Liberator, Stoner (#27)
someone then took a picture of Milo and reported it.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#34. To: Deckard (#33)
" typical Gatlin bilge "
#35. To: Deckard (#33)
“Milo, come here!” Anderson said as she made kissy noises to her cat while it laid on their front lawn.
#36. To: GrandIsland (#24)
(Edited)
#37. To: A K A Stone (#25)
Cats belong outside with the birds and bees.
#38. To: WWG1WWA (#36)
(Edited)
Sorry, but I'm not a fan of them
#39. To: GrandIsland (#38)
#40. To: GrandIsland (#37)
If you feel you need a cat, as a “pet”... and your “pet” enters my yard, expect me to treat it like I do birds and bees on my property. I kill them.
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