The Police State is on its way!
The City of Round Rock, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to legislate cats. Yes, folks, you heard me right.
Your cat is no longer allowed out of your yard. In addition, it must (MUST) wear a city tag identifying it to anyone who captures is if it does get out. I'm not sure how much this ordinance is enforced, because I see cats everywhere, but, if your neighbour is ticked off at you, look out! If they catch your cat outside your yard, they are allowed to "impound" it, with escalating fees required for you to get it back. The fees increase exponentially if you don't have paperwork proving your cat is spayed or neutered. I think most of ours were done at the same two places, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get in touch with them to produce said papers. It could be tricky with the ones I took to the mobile veterinary clinic, as I'm not sure they are still in business. It costs $5 per cat to get the tag, and, even if they have a rabies shot tag from somewhere else, they still have to get a $5 tag from Round Rock. If the cat is not "fixed," that tag costs $20. Per cat, per year. If you can't produce the papers, the cat is assumed to be "unfixed."
I swear, there is a plot afoot against freedom! Short of fencing over the entire backyard with chicken wire, that means that the cats have become indoor cats. They are not happy campers!
Neither am I.
That is appalling, Ronni!
ReplyDeleteUs Brits have to start having our eye-print encoded into our Passports in 2007.
I used to laugh at Science Fiction movies. Who could have dreamed?!
Nowhere to run. We are totally helpless!
I'm being dramatic, hey?!
But really; where does it stop?
Really! Ya move out to the country (well, outside the city limits, anyway) for a couple of years, and then move back into a police state!
ReplyDeleteOH yeah! The city of Round Rock LOVES this one -- my vet laughed knowingly when I came in to get my dog registered -- it's a dandy little known law that can get you fined into the triple digits with the City. Frankly I think it annoys the judges to have to spend their time presiding over cases involving dogs that have slipped under the fence or cats that jump them.
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done that, and bought more than one t-shirt.
Gheeezzzz....
Total madness. Is there a Land of the Free anywhere anymore? To Brits needing replacement passports - if you have an Irish parent or grandparent ie one born before partition in Norn Iron or in the Republic you can apply for an Irish one. That's what I'll be doing.
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