Kitty post

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No more pussyfooting around as city sues cat lover
Hava Baumatz, who keeps 30 cats in her two Petah Tikva apartments, is being prosecuted for violating municipal bylaws.
By Ofra Edelman


Cats mean the world to Hava Baumatz. In her late 50s and living alone in Petah

Comments

[hey_its_michael]

I don't see how indoor cats can bring cockroaches into an apartment building TBH.

It mentions in the article about the problems with feces and urine. That would attract cockroaches, I imagine.

[katrinar]

i don't think it's the fact that the cats bring the bugs, but generally animal hoarders are also unclean and could bring in/attract all sorts of vermin.

we have a hoarder next door and although our house/apartment within are all new construction and they brought in a special exterminator when they rebuilt our house (we live in a triplex that's a semi-detached home), it took about 2 years but lo and behold, suddenly we're catching mice, finding moth killing solutions and the like. we've pinpointed all the entry points into our house and their all through the wall that connects the two homes.

[free_spoons]

If you've ever watched hoarders or Animal Cops, you'd see how large numbers of indoor animals are a major health problem, for both the animals and other humans.

"I entered the apartment and saw a lot of cats running around," one official told the court. "Moldy chairs had urine and feces on them, as did the cats' sleeping areas and mattresses. One of the mattresses was covered in urine. We lifted it up, and the stench was horrible." He said one of the cats had a serious eye infection that city veterinarians determined to be highly contagious.

[randomneses]

Well, it's a serious mental issue :( But I'd feel grossed out in that house.

[lickety_split]

I'd be doubly angry if I was one of her neighbors. I hate cats.

[organismal]

why?