Animals: Today, my elderly neighbor called the police because my cat was...

By Fought The Law - 29/10/2011 04:51 - United States

Today, my elderly neighbor called the police because my cat was in her yard. I now have a citation and a court date. Apparently, there is a leash law for cats in my town, and it is taken very seriously. FML

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By Nekro_Kat - 10/08/2011 03:00 - United States

Today, I got caught trying to steal my own cat back from my neighbor. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/03/2023 12:00 - United States

Today, I discovered that the reason my neighbors have been giving me weird looks while whispering to each other lately is because I've started walking my cat on a leash, and this is apparently "a cause for concern about my mental health." FML

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By Anonymous - 06/04/2014 19:37

Today, I witnessed my psycho neighbor put her cat in a cage, cross into my backyard, and set the cage down before returning to her house. She then called the cops and claimed I'd stolen her cat. The cops didn't believe my side of the story for a second. FML

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By Saved - 11/04/2024 23:00 - United States

Today, when I stepped outside, I found out my neighbors forgot to leash their mean-ass dog when he promptly started charging at me. If not for the black cat who lives outside my house, who I've fed before, jumping in and somehow single-handedly whooping his ass, I'd probably be dead. You don't fuck with stray cats. FML

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By suspicious - 05/07/2013 02:26 - United States

Today, I received a lovely letter from the council telling me I have to cease the act of "breeding and selling cats" because someone from my Facebook reported me. I'm pretty sure I've never owned a cat or had one in my house. FML

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By go away karen! - 29/01/2023 05:00 - United States

Today, I had to call the cops on my batshit crazy neighbor, who’s repeatedly threatened to steal my dog. I finally got her ass on camera. She swears that my dog is being abused because it prefers to sleep outside instead of being in the house. Imagine that, an animal that likes being outside. FML

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By anonymous - 25/10/2016 04:29 - United States - Chagrin Falls

Today, I got a citation from my landlord because my puppy couldn't make it to the grass and peed in the shrubs. Later in the evening, I got a citation that my music was too loud. Until I'd submitted my 30-day notice yesterday, no one ever had a problem with me FML

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By kittynapper - 17/07/2014 23:32 - United States - Denver

Today, I found out that my cat, that I've had for 3 years, is actually my neighbor's missing cat. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/06/2017 20:00 - United States - Coplay

Today, my neighbor let me know that they've been taking care of my cats while I was away, including letting them in and out of my house. I don't own a cat. FML

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By Aimee Lutz - 19/10/2017 22:00

Today, I found my lost cat. As I was hooking it up to a leash to get it in my car, a man approached and asked what I was doing. His kids alerted him that there was a woman stealing their cat from their front lawn. It was not my cat. FML

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Mirorbo 26

Saturday 29 October 2011 12:10

A leash law...for CATS? Where the hell do YOU live?

shemseyy 1

Saturday 29 October 2011 12:18

In that case, you should get a tiger

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Dogbite1313 5

Saturday 29 October 2011 20:35

I have written citations for people letting their cats run at large. So places take it very serious.

Roonpoon 0

Saturday 29 October 2011 21:53

Burn that f*cking old bastards house down or after you go to court wait and see how much money that old prick cost you and whatever amount they cost you, take it out on their lawn, car, house or whatever is of importance to them, especially if they're old! Use muriatic acid on the lawn, brake fluid in a squirt bottle for the paint on their car and nail polish remover for the paint on their house! I hate f*cking cotton-tops!

leadman1989 15

Saturday 29 October 2011 21:53

Your cat gets out fights with a racoon gets rabies and bites some kid. Or ge just gets run over... This law seems to make perfect sense.

xobebe 0

Saturday 29 October 2011 21:58

Lol cats on leashes wtf ?

Lubpynk 0

Saturday 29 October 2011 21:59

Wish we had that law here. I moved and the lady next door to me has a ton of cats. We step in cat poo everyday getting into the house, the smell of cat piss is horribly strong and the cats scratch up my car and piss on it !!! keep your cats under control or don't have one, simple as that!

lulzmylife 4

Saturday 29 October 2011 22:10

YDI for not taking responsibility for your cat. If you can't control your animals, you shouldn't have them. And your neighbors most CERTAINLY shouldn't have to put up with your animals' crap. /someone who found the neighbor's cat's pawprints on her car roof and windshield the other day

Mirorbo 26

Saturday 29 October 2011 22:26

Oh GAWD! PAWPRINTS!! NOT PAWPRINTS!! God forbid you have to wash your car again!! /Someone who doesn't get why cars need to be sparkling clean 24/7

Lubpynk 0

Saturday 29 October 2011 22:47

pawprints lead to scratches. I have the same problem not to mention they are peeing on my car :/

emz89 0

Sunday 30 October 2011 0:10

They are peeing on your car because it's owner is irresponsible by not getting the cats desexed.

Lubpynk 0

Monday 31 October 2011 1:03

I know :/ sad thing is there are tons of kittens.

mrjude 3

Monday 31 October 2011 4:33

Why should anybody have to wash their car again? That takes time or costs money (or both!), which should not be the responsibility of the owner of the car if the reason is that SOMEBODY ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE (namely here, the cat owner). Furthermore, I've seen animals climb on cars and scratch the paint job before. A squirrel just recently climbed on my car and left three little holes in my paint. My friend actually had a neighbor's cat scratch his paint before, too. The the cat's owner should (and would) be responsible, because if the cat wasn't left to run around the neighborhood, then it wouldn't happen. I can't very well sue the squirrels because nobody put them there or owns them, but if a cat had done it, I'd be suing the owner for sure. If you have a pet, take care of it... Cats don't belong OUTDOORS. If you let your cat run around outside, you're an asshole. First off, it's going to claw at people's property by scratching and/or climbing. Secondly, it's going to shit on laws. Thirdly, and most importantly, you're upsetting the balance of nature by introducing a new and non-native predator. Nature balances itself, eventually, after houses, etc, are built... But by adding another predator, you're just ******* it up some more.

winterxroses 3

Saturday 29 October 2011 22:36

That's why I'll never live in a city or a town like that, animals shouldn't live at the end of five feet leashes, and people are always gonna be uptight butts that report stupid things just to do it. Put up a fence of some kind. You can discipline kitty not to leap over it. Live and learn, your not a bad owner even if people are saying it just because of this one silly incident.

emz89 0

Sunday 30 October 2011 0:08

I keep my cat outside for the reason that it gives him exercise plus I've lost count how many mice he has caught. Before I got him I was waking up with dead mice in my lounge room since we got him we've had 2 inside because the doors had been left open so my cat brought them in.