Thanks guys, I was very freaked out this morning when I got the initial email, but I am a lot calmer now.
I really don't think there are pet limit laws, but I need to find out for sure, just for my own info. I met a lady at the low cost shot clinic one morning who told me that animal control had told her that as long as they all had rabies shots and were registered she was in the clear...one of her neighbors complained. Not sure if she was right or not. She had been getting them shots all week. On 11/24/06, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm afraid that's true. You have a foster agreement with this "rescue," correct? I also think that if you get into a battle with this group it could jeopardize your other cats. They could get nasty and send Animal Control to your door, even if there are no pet limit laws where you live and your place is spotlessly clean. All it takes is a false allegation and then you're on the defensive and having to prove the allegations were false and malicious. *Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: I think you're pretty much out of luck on this one Kelley. I'd call it a learning experience, and let her come take the cats, and then NEVER deal with that group again. If the cats are costing you more and more every day, it only makes sense to let the rescue come pick them up if you are not willing to continue to pay for the vet bills (and you're not willing, you have said many times that you expect the rescue to pay these bills, not yourself). I think you will recall several of us on the list advised that you should just return the cats to the rescue back when you first posted. If you don't want to return the cats, then you will have to adopt them, and pay the adoption fees (and eat the costs up to this point). A foster home is just that, a temporary home for the cats until the rescue can take them back, or until they are adopted (whichever comes first). It is your duty to release the cats back to the rescue if you are contracted as a FOSTER home. All their bad policy aside, that's what it comes down to, you CANNOT keep the cats unless you ADOPT them. You have two choices, either call it a loss, pay the adoption fees, and keep the cats (assuming they will approve your adoption application, which they may not at this point); or return the cats to the rescue and end your foster contract with that rescue group. Phaewryn VT low cost Spay&Neuter, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners: http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
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