A new law in Plattsburgh discourages caring for stray cats Property owners made accountable for stray of feral cats if they care for them Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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A NEW RULE IS NOW IN PLACE. YOU FEED THEM YOU - YOU OWN THEM. <IF WE STOP FEEDING THEY ARE GOING TO GET IN DUMPSTERS THEY ARE GOING TO CREATE HAVOC THEY ARE GOING TO GO FIND THEIR OWN FOOD SOURCE WE ARE GOING TO BE FINDING DEAD CATS> MEET TEDDY BEAR HE LOVES TO CUDDLE BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN Victoria St John FOUN HIM SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WAS FARRELL - TERRIFIED OF HUMANS <HE WAS DOWN AT UNDERWOOD AVE AT FOUR MONTHS OLD STUCK IN A LADIES SHED A NICE LADY THAT USE TO HELP SHE USE TO FEED CATS> A NEW UPDATE TO THE "DOGS AND CATS AT LARGE" LAW IN TH CITY OF PLATTSBURGH IT'S AIMED AT DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM FEEDING STRA OR FARRELL CATS---- IN THE HOPES OF REDUCING THE POPULATION IN PLATTSBURG IT MEANS OTHER CATS LIKE TEDDY BEAR MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY NOW---FEEDING FARRELL OR STRAY CATS COULD MAKE PROPERY OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANDATED VACCINATIONS AND DAMAGES THE LAWS STATE A PERSON WHO REGULARLY FEEDS A STRAY DO OR CAT ON THEIR PROPERTY, IS PRESUMED TO BE THE OWNER. Lillian Cassidy OWNS THE CATS MEOW THRIFT SHOPPE SHE CARES FOR CATS OFTEN <THE NEW LAW WOULD REQUIRE THAT IF I FEED SOMEONE ON MY PROPERTY EVEN IF IT'S A FARRELL CAT THAT I HAVE TO TRAP THAT CAT ONCE A YEAR AND I HAVE TO HAVE THE CAT MICROCHIPPED> MANDATED MICROCHIPPING OF CATS LIVING IN PLATTSBURGH FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE LA <THE ORIGINAL INTENT AS I UNDERSTOOD WAS TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN PETS> VICTORIA KNOWS THAT STRAY CATS ARE AN ISSUE IN PLATTSBURGH AND WORKS HARD TO CAR FOR ONES LIKE THESE BUT SHES NOT TOO WORRIES ABOUT THIS NEW LAW <I DONT REALLY THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOP FEEDING STRAY CATS IN GENERAL OR ANY OTHER STRAY ANIMAL CAUSE PEOPLE FEED ALOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS> WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF PLATTSBURGH FOR

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