Every Little Bit

[naamah_darling]

Wow. Okay. That's . . . unexpected.

Y'all remember back in September when I was dealing with the crazy cat lady and her complete insanity, yes

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[zombiegoat]

Thank you for posting this.

While working to my work every day, I pass by a dilapidated old house where apparently an old woman lives, even though nobody has ever seen her... but the reek of feces can clearly be smelled. There are usually one of two scraggly-looking Siamese out in front, and in summer they have their tongues hanging out because they have no water. I always give them water from my bottle, usually in a small paper cup that I tear the top off, making it one of the few times I am glad people litter.

Then I flip the house the bird and curse her roundly. There's nothing I can do about the situation, and the impotence brings out a side of me that I really try to keep hidden.

Once again, thank you. Lets me know I'm not the only one.

[liminalia]

Why can't you call Animal Control or the Building Inspector on her and allege animal cruelty and unsanitary conditions? Usually you can make such complaints anonymously, if you want to.

[zombiegoat]

I've asked around and apparently this has been done in the past, whereupon it was discovered that things were not foul enough to warrant action. Having to hope that things get to that point before the next call is made is a pretty horrible thing.

It hasn't been as bad lately, but that could just be because of the cold weather.

[sterlingspider]

There are limitations as to how many pets you can legally keep, so having made the complaint and having connected it to her primary residence hopefully someone's going to check in the house and if she is a hoarder they'll take away the bulk of her cats and keep an eye on her.

It may be worth it (though tipping your hand a bit) to see if one of her direct neighbors would be willing to make a complaint as well.

[naamah_darling]

*grin*

I did that. We're all in it together; me and one or two of her neighbors have been tag-teaming Animal Control.

I'm hoping that they'll do just that: get into the house somehow just to see how many she has. Because honestly at this point, I don't know. My guess is around eight, which isn't all that appalling, but it could be as few as four or as many as a dozen or more.

[ex_lark_asc]

"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."

-- Edwin L. Cole (as Google tells me)

[naamah_darling]

That is a really great quote. And very, very me.

I'm a very unreasonable person.

[naamah_darling]

"Its not a matter of reasonable vs unreasonable. Its a matter of no one fucking with those you wish to protect."

And that, right there, is ANOTHER damn good quote!

[omimouse]

I truly wish I had a flaming sword, but I'm not an avenging angel. Just a stubborn, stubborn bitch.

I think that's actually a far better description of an avenging angel than all the mundane stuff about the wings and the sword.

Sekhmet keep you and guard you.

[naamah_darling]

. . . and bite the heads off the bad guys like meat-flavored Tootsie-Pops.

Thank you.

[tmplrbob]

naamah_darling wrote:

I truly wish I had a flaming sword, but I'm not an avenging angel. Just a stubborn, stubborn bitch.

Sometimes, that's just what's needed. Maybe she'll learn, now that her habits are brought to light.

Here in Indianapolis, a woman got into a standoff with police for keeping too many dogs. Local SWAT had to be called because when Animal Control tried to take her dogs away, she came out of her home wielding a .22 caliber rifle. She's had numerous instances where she was cited for animal cruelty before, and this was simply the last straw.

She's currently under arrest, and the dogs are with Animal Control.

T-Bob

[the_lizard_rat]

Unfortunately, that won't stop her. She'll go to jail for some amount of time, go out and do it again, just to be an asshole. Or because she thinks it's right and not even $Deity can make them believe otherwise.

Lizard Rat out.
Cynical Wolf in Albany NY

[naamah_darling]

Yeah, but if you bust someone often enough, you can make their life very, very hard. There's no reason at all not to do anything.