|
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
OK folks - the law.
(This post only applies tio the UK) If a cat is continually fouling in your garden and you can smell or, God forbid, come in contact with it, it becomes a statutory nuisance under Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and the local authority can take action. Thus, the cat has become a health hazard under the said act and, also, under the Public Health Act 1936. The more complaints that are made to the local authorities (and your local councillors) the sooner cat owners can be made accountable for their cats filth. Remember to quote the Environmental protection Act 1990 and the Public Health act 1936. MC The war has begun. |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article ,
MC wrote: OK folks - the law. (This post only applies tio the UK) If a cat is continually fouling in your garden and you can smell or, God forbid, come in contact with it, it becomes a statutory nuisance under Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and the local authority can take action. Thus, the cat has become a health hazard under the said act and, also, under the Public Health Act 1936. I doubt it, somehow. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also
understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals 79.... the following matters constitute "statutory nuisances" for the purposes of this Part, that is to say- (a) any premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (b) smoke emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (c) fumes or gases emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (d) any dust, steam, smell or other effluvia arising on industrial, trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (e) any accumulation or deposit which is prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (f) any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (g) noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance; (h) any other matter declared by any enactment to be a statutory nuisance; and it shall be the duty of every local authority to cause its area to be inspected from time to time to detect any statutory nuisances which ought to be dealt with under section 80 below and, where a complaint of a statutory nuisance is made to it by a person living within its area, to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to investigate the complaint. "MC" wrote in message ... OK folks - the law. (This post only applies tio the UK) If a cat is continually fouling in your garden and you can smell or, God forbid, come in contact with it, it becomes a statutory nuisance under Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and the local authority can take action. Thus, the cat has become a health hazard under the said act and, also, under the Public Health Act 1936. The more complaints that are made to the local authorities (and your local councillors) the sooner cat owners can be made accountable for their cats filth. Remember to quote the Environmental protection Act 1990 and the Public Health act 1936. MC The war has begun. |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes In article , MC wrote: OK folks - the law. (This post only applies tio the UK) If a cat is continually fouling in your garden and you can smell or, God forbid, come in contact with it, it becomes a statutory nuisance under Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and the local authority can take action. Thus, the cat has become a health hazard under the said act and, also, under the Public Health Act 1936. I doubt it, somehow. AFAIK the last place to wage all-out war on feral and free-roaming cats promptly got overrun with mice and rats. Lovely! -- Five Cats |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
"MC" wrote in message ...
OK folks - the law. (This post only applies tio the UK) If a cat is continually fouling in your garden and you can smell or, God forbid, come in contact with it, it becomes a statutory nuisance under Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and the local authority can take action. Thus, the cat has become a health hazard under the said act and, also, under the Public Health Act 1936. The more complaints that are made to the local authorities (and your local councillors) the sooner cat owners can be made accountable for their cats filth. Remember to quote the Environmental protection Act 1990 and the Public Health act 1936. MC The war has begun. I'm not in the UK, but I'd like to lend my moral support to anyone who is attempting to seek legal redress for the health hazard and nuisance that uncontrolled domestic pets can cause. It is damn hard getting laws in place as the pet owners kick up a fuss as soon as anyone suggests some sort of control, and once the laws are in place the various dog and cat clubs come out fighting and lobbying when there are test cases. Somehow we have to move beyond the bad old days of collecting up the feces, putting it in a paper bag, putting the paper bag on the cat owner's doorstep, setting the bag on fire, ringing the doorbell and running away. Or of tipping honey over wayward cats. Legal rights now! |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Alan
writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? snip -- Five Cats |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Five Cats
writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? snip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Mike
writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. -- Five Cats |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Five Cats
writes In article , Mike writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. I note with interest that your 'start' does not include cats. Hypocrite. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 19:08:50 +0100, Mike
wrote: In article , Five Cats writes In article , Mike writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. I note with interest that your 'start' does not include cats. Hypocrite. After your performance in ulw I quite agree that you are. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more -- 79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot. The other 42% are made up later on. In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
"Five Cats" wrote in message ... In article , Mike writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. There are "clear" laws governing rats. Human waste is the main cause of rat infestations and the local authority has to come down on property owners who encourage the rat population to take up residence. MC |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
"Five Cats" wrote in message ... In article , Alan writes No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. How different is this from a cat owners not clearing up cat crap from my passage way. MC |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
In article , Mike
writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Mike writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. I note with interest that your 'start' does not include cats. Hypocrite. So you think that cats are the biggest vermin that one has to worry about? Amazing. All those programs on TV that followed environmental health officers never found a problem in commercial premises that were to do with cats - they did find lots of places infested with cockroaches, rats, mice, house flies and some other rather nasty things, but not cats. *you* may think that cats are the biggest problem in *your* life, but if that's really the case and you are not trolling here (which seems highly likely to me in alt.pets.cats) then you should be thankful that the other vermin I have listed (and as far as wildlife is concerned I could have added a few more) are not part of your life, and that you don't have nasty noisy children of all ages to contend with. -- Five Cats |
Time to take on the local authorites about cats.
Five Cats wrote in message ...
In article , Mike writes In article , Five Cats writes In article , Alan writes I reckon this is the subsection that would cover it. However, I also understand that under the Animals Act 1971 cats cannot be held guilty of trespass and the owners cannot be held responsible for any damage done: http://www.cathate.co.uk/thelaw.htm and http://www.cats-inverurie.co.uk/News/gardens.htm Personally, I think we need a nationwide campaign to change the law to make all cat owners take responsibility for their animals If that is the most important think you can think of that needs doing in the UK then you are a very sad being. Who said that the eradication of the vermin was the most important thing? We now go into a huge list of things to divert the attention of the cat problem. Getting all parents to be responsible for their children and to teach them in their term to become responsible thoughtful people would be a far greater step forwards. Just think of it - no gangs of drunk lads (of any age) roaming the streets, leaving a trail of smashed bottles, bus-shelters and graffiti. No drunk gangs of young girls trailing round town in freezing weather in what appears to be their undies harassing people. No people encouraging their dogs to be aggressive. No people not bothering to pick up their dog's faeces from the pavement. No children playing football where they are likely to damage cars, gardens and property. No late-night loud parties. In fact no parties on your road that you haven't been invited to. No drunk or drugged drivers. No crime. No illegal drugs. No under-age mothers or fathers. Now how does that sound instead? an excuse to take the attention away from the cat problem. how does that sound? No, just suggesting that it would be rather nice if the bigger problems in life could be dealt with first. Come to that dealing with the bigger problems often sorts out the little ones, and if you want to eradicate vermin cockroaches and rats would be a pretty good choice to start. Your argument is fallacious, in no way does dealing with one problem prevent another problem being dealt with. The legal system can and should deal with many different problems at once. If it were not capable of this, then no crime but murder would be tried in the courts. |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:42 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter