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Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 04.24.2008

Woman Fights To Keep Nearly 150 Cats At Home

4/23/08

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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A Central Florida woman fined $150 a day for having nearly 150 cats at her home was in court Wednesday fighting to keep the animals in her so-called animal sanctuary.

Kristy Grant has cared for the cats at her home in Volusia County despite being cited and complaints from her neighbors.

The county fined Grant $6,700 for unlicensed cats and $150 a day since March for having the cats, Local 6 reported.

"It is frustrating, it is nerve-racking," Grant said. "It has been a long two years since I was first cited for having more than four pets on my property."

Wednesday, Grant's attorney said Volusia County is in the dark when it comes to rules for cat hobbyist.

Grant said she has recently installed a fence to keep her neighbors happy.

"I guarantee that the cats can't get out," Grant said.

During a hearing, Volusia County's attorney said rules for keeping cats on property have not been defined, Local 6's Chris Trenkmann said.

Grant said she hopes she is not the target for a new ordinance.

"Yes, that upsets me," Grant said. "I don't want to prevent anyone from doing what I do. If you want to help an animal, you should."

A judge said Wednesday that he will make a ruling on case at a later date.

However, he pointed out to Volusia County that it did not make sense for them to be determining rules about giving permits for cat sanctuaries if they haven't written any rules out, Trenkmann said.

Grant said she has the right to have a permit to keep her cats safe.
http://www.local6.com/news/15972062/detail.html

Texas-Nana · **^ Top** #2 04.24.2008

All I can think of is........ if even half those cats aren't spade it only takes one litter each for them to hit 600 cats.

woodstock36 · **^ Top** #3 06.30.2008

Wow I had 6 years ago, and I thought they where a handfull!!LOL

Niels · **^ Top** #4 07.04.2008

There are living some strange people on this planet haha. 150 cats, that's crazy!!

Attitude:) · **^ Top** #5 07.04.2008

I love pets too, but 150 cats????? Can you imagine the smell? There's no way the neighbors aren't smelling those cuddly little felines.

Baack · **^ Top** #6 07.04.2008

A guy that used to get coffee and beer (depending on the time of day)
Had 80 some, we called him stinky
He was written up by I think the health department and was told he could only keep I think 8 cats
Another guy helped him remove the cats, but was not allowed in the house
So he sat outside of a basement window and held the cage and ran them to the truck
He said the odor coming out of the basement was so bad his eyes watered and his cloths stunk just from sitting in front o the window

Watching animal planet they run into people who hoard animals all the time
Some the people are so good hearted they starve them selves just to feed the critters

shookup · **^ Top** #7 07.04.2008

I worked at an animal hospital for a short time, and we had several weird "cat ladies" who were constantly in there with their cats. One lady had over 50, and she proceeded to show us one day that she had 10 of them as tatooed pictured in various places on her body. That was quite a scene as she showed them to us. You could hear everyone's thoughts as she did it - "This woman is FN NUTS!"

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