MSPCA and Marigold :-) It Gets Better!!
I got another message while at work from Kevin the ACO. He's already spoken with Martha from the law enforcement department of the MSPCA, and she's going to Jennifer's and reading her the 'riot act'! ;) The superintendent of the projects where Jennifer lives told Kevin he doesn't think the cat even belongs to this girl! He said an elderly woman passed away 3 months ago, and the cat was hers! I'm guessing Jennifer maybe fed Marigold once or twice, and now claims to own her! :mad: Martha is making it very clear to her that Marigold is NOT being uprooted from the foster home until the kittens are weaned, and if Jennifer is to get her back she'd better be ready to cough up some $$$ for spay etc. :D She's going to try also to get Jennifer to just back off and sign the cat over as well. Marigold's beige baby's leg is much better today, and it's going to be fine by the looks of it!:)
AND AN UPDATE!!! GOOD&BAD NEWS
The good news is Jennifer was confronted by ACO Kevin while she was outside feeding six more cats! The truth came out that there were seven cats thrown out after the elderly woman passed away. Jennifer I guess was concerned that Marigold was going to be euthanised, and has been assured that is not, and will not be the case. So Marigold and her six-pack will be all going to proper homes, and I'll be dealing with six more abandoned cats soon. :rolleyes:
and on topic but as a side note
In Massachusettes, it's illegal to abandon pets. So, when this person died, whoever allowed her pets out, or to continue to roam free, should be charged with abandonment. Because it's a subsidized housing property, it may be owned by the city, ergo, the city should be fined $500.00 (not sure, but I believe that is the fine) times 7 cats.
Will the ACO follow up on this. Highly doubt it. Will MSPCA? They have bigger cases to deal with. No one is going to see the rightful person punished for letting these poor cats go. The owner likely had no caring family... who knows. This must happen so much with the elderly who have no one who cares about their pets...
OHHH, I TAKE THAT BACK...
EXCUSE MY RUSH TO JUDGEMENT!!! I'M A CYNIC...
GLAD YOU GOT THAT MESS RESOLVED!! MAYBE FOUND A PERSON W/ COMMON INTRESTES IN KITTY WELFARE:) :) SAVED MARIGOLD, 6 KITTENS & POTENTIALLY 6 MORE CATS!! BABYS FOOT IS HEALING:D :D :D & EVIDENTLY FINALLY GOT YOUR CLONES!;)