Hello all, I am feeling extremely lost about this situation. I have been with my boyfriend for nearly three years and this has been a problem the entire time we’ve been together. I’ll try to keep this short
My boyfriend’s parents are terrible to their animals. They have several outdoor cats who they won’t spay / neuter. They all keep having kittens which most eventually die because they’re riddled with fleas, have diseases, and aren’t getting enough nutrition because the moms are all malnourished. I try to feed them but his mom gets mad and says they’ve already been fed and they don’t need anymore food. Not to mention, they’ll feed them table scraps including foods that are toxic to them. I’ve even given them a list of foods that can kill cats and they choose to ignore it.
They have a ton of chickens, most of which are locked in small cages. They have some that are free range, including a bunch of chicks. One of their cats who just had kittens killed a few chicks so his mom locked her in a small cage outside for TWO WEEKS. When she finally let her out, she ran away and abandoned her kittens and now her kittens are all dying.
They have several dogs who are all tied to posts outside 24/7. They never get walked or bathed. Their coats are matted and their ears are swollen and raw from flies attacking them. I can hear them crying most days just from the pain. They’re currently trying to breed their one skinny female dog and they plan on trying to sell the puppies at just 3 weeks old and then giving the mother to the pound.
These are just a few examples of the things that I’ve witnessed. I do my absolute best to try and care for their animals but I just can’t do it all. I have personally spent around $4000 on their animals to try and keep them healthy but it doesn’t do anything because they disregard all of the advice I give them. It is driving me up the wall watching them be so willfully ignorant. It breaks my heart watching these animals suffer and I just can’t take it anymore.
The real problem here is that I can’t call animal control because I don’t want them to get arrested. His parents are immigrants. The last thing I want is for them to get deported. That would ruin my relationship with my boyfriend. He has tried saying something to them but they are just so damn hard headed that it doesn’t matter what we say.
Please, any advice on this situation would be greatly appreciated. It’s eating me up just watching this happen but I genuinely am not sure what to do.
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Call animal control.
Animal control doesn’t just come out and arrest you. I’ve had to call on someone before. They came out, gave them citations and fines and instructed them to rehome certain animals. When they came back and the animals were still there, they seized them and gave more fines. They were banned from having pets and checked on randomly after that.
You can contact animal control anonymously.
Please call!
Can you tell them that anyone could call animal control on them (someone going on a jog, a delivery person, utility meter reader, etc) and that could cause them to be restricted on having animals? That the laws on animal welfare here are strict? Maybe wait until a week when there’s been more visitors to the property like maintenance and call animal control and say it was probably one of the visitors.
Yes definitely contact animal control. This is a very sad situation. Hopefully the animals can get proper vet treatment and be adopted to the right people.
You definitely have to call someone. This is not okay
Maybe report them to the authorities? Also your bf sucks too since he’s doing fuck all.
If won’t report them you’re just as guilty.
Animals over a boyfriend any day. This is not a hard decision. This is on you to get the situation resolved. Fix it or carry the guilt of not helping helpless animals. My lord.
Animals over a boyfriend any day. This is not a hard decision. This is on you to get the situation resolved. Fix it or carry the guilt of not helping helpless animals. My lord.
As a start, can your boyfriend persuade them to give up keeping some of the animals, like most of the dogs and cats? He can say that they cost too much to feed, etc. and you could offer to bring them all to a no-kill shelter. And for the animals that they keep, can you offer to get them spayed/neutered?
As a start, can your boyfriend persuade them to give up keeping some of the animals, like most of the dogs and cats? He can say that they cost too much to feed, etc. and you could offer to bring them all to a no-kill shelter. And for the animals that they keep, can you offer to get them spayed/neutered?
Call animal control
Call animal control
Do you think you would have any luck if you and your bf just sat down with them and explained that they are guilty of animal abuse, neglect, and cruelty, which is against the law here? Maybe they learned this in the country they’re from, maybe it was okay there, but they need to respect the laws where they are because they are putting themselves at risk when any random person could call animal control on them. Wake them up with reality. Offer to help with any changes they’re willing to make. If that doesn’t work, become that random person and call animal control anonymously.