The weekend removal of some 300 cats from a single apartment unit in North York has once again highlighted the difficulty neighbours often have in getting action against such abuse. The issue for most is the putrid odour associated with such a large cat population. Neighbours in this City News report say they complained frequently but it is not said to whom. On Saturday it was Toronto Cat Rescue and Toronto Animal Services that executed an order.
2011 CASE ON MANOR ROAD
The issue of whom to call is critical, as those who lived through a similar case on Manor Rd. near Mt. Pleasant in 2011 know well. Neighbours in that case had complained endlessly to the City without action. Municipal bureaucrats apparently considered the matter a case of a homeowner’s rights. In the end, it was an election canvasser who got action. He called the fire department because the smell coming from the house made him fear there was a dead body inside. Fire personnel found 60 cats in the house.
