Landlord won't let me feed cat's!

[Giamarisa]

My cat was recently killed by a car (2 weeks ago). And I've been interested in getting another cat because my other cat I still have is very sad and we just need to have another cat to, not replace him, but to fill a void.
Also before I moved here I lived around the corner about a half a block down the street and have been feeding stray cats in the neighborhood for about 7 years now. One of the MAIN reasons I wanted this apartment is so that not only would my cat that just got killed by a car still be in familiar surroundings but so that I can continue to care for the strays.
Today, my landlord was here and told me that I CAN NOT feed ANY cat's outside on the property. And also that I have one cat now and that's the way it is going to stay(my lease says two).
My whole world has been shattered enough just losing my best friend and companion, now to be told this it's almost too much to bear.
I love it here and I love the apartment. But now this changes everything. Does she my landlord that is) have the right to tell me this?
I pay my rent everymonth and keep not only the inside, but the outside of the property clean and neat. I'm 42 years old and divorced and my cat's are a BIG part of my life. Now what, I'm supposed to let these little baby's stand in front of my door crying for food and not feed them. There is a huge field by where my old apartment was but the neighbors told me if they catch me feeding cats there they will kill and/or poison them. Please advise me what to do and what my rights are as a tenant?
email is best giamarisa@adelphia.netWhat is the name of your state?

 

[averad]

Thank you for feeding these cats and allowing them to breed more feral/stray cats.

 

[Giamarisa]

heartless

You are very welcome, thanks for the support I hope you lose someone you love.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

You are very welcome, thanks for the support I hope you lose someone you love.

stick the attitude.

If you are caught feeding the cats outside you are creating a health and safety hazard and may be evicted.

As to the extra cat, if your lease SPECIFICALLY states two (2) cats then you can have two cats...PERIOD.

 

[steveatx]

Is this the "Kelly" you guys always speak of?

 

[Giamarisa]

Last time I checked it's not illegal to feed animals.

 

[averad]

You are very welcome, thanks for the support I hope you lose someone you love.

Hopefully one of your stray cats will bite you and you can enjoy rabies or a number of other diseases from one of your babies. O even better yet they could kill your house cat with heart worms or a number of other feline issues (wouldn't that just make you feel great).

If I was your LL I would consider all outdoor cats you feed as your pets (your house cats get ouside as one was flattened). I would then require you to pay a pet deposit on each cat up to the state limit on animals (if a limit on animals in your unknown state exists). Then if you disputed the charges and stated the cats were not your pets I would call in the strays and let them be picked up by the Humane Society. The cats would be spayed and neutered and if able placed with a family. All of that depends on the lease but, it would only be a matter of time before you renew or move.

If I wanted to skip all that I would just call and have them captured.

You are hurting the cats more then helping by breeding further unhealthy cats.

BTW you failed to include your state.

 

[HappyHusband]

Thank you for feeding these cats and allowing them to breed more feral/stray cats.

Thank you for reminding me to buy a trap on the way home today.

 

[fairisfair]

Is this the "Kelly" you guys always speak of?

no, but it could be her mother

 

[averad]

Thank you for reminding me to buy a trap on the way home today.

Don't thank me, thank Bob Barker.

[repeated at the end of every show]
Bob Barker reminding you: help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. Goodbye, everybody!

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Last time I checked it's not illegal to feed animals.

You are correct. It is not illegal. However, as I stated, it IS NOT your property and such can be viewed as a health hazard and a violation of your lease.

So, you decide. Cut out the feeding or find a new place to live.

 

[Moosey]

Gia, I'm sure your intentions are good, but as others have pointed out you aren't helping these cats by feeding them.

If you really love animals and truly want to do all you can to help strays, then collect these strays and take them down to your local animal shelter. THEN make the effort to find them homes. Take pictures and send them to friends and family or make a website and post the pics and little blurbs about the cats. If you can post notices at your community center or even your apartment bulletin board do that. Encourage people to go down to the shelter and adopt the kitties.

Sure that's a real investment of time, effort, paper, gas money etc. But *that's* actually helping. Feeding the cats so that they can either breed more strays or just keeping them alive and stray until THEY get hit by a car is not kindness. Think about it.

And yes, I HAVE done this kind of thing successfully; I'm not giving you just some random holier-than-thou advice.

 

[acmb05]

Gia, I'm sure your intentions are good, but as others have pointed out you aren't helping these cats by feeding them.

If you really love animals and truly want to do all you can to help strays, then collect these strays and take them down to your local animal shelter. THEN make the effort to find them homes. Take pictures and send them to friends and family or make a website and post the pics and little blurbs about the cats. If you can post notices at your community center or even your apartment bulletin board do that. Encourage people to go down to the shelter and adopt the kitties.

Sure that's a real investment of time, effort, paper, gas money etc. But *that's* actually helping. Feeding the cats so that they can either breed more strays or just keeping them alive and stray until THEY get hit by a car is not kindness. Think about it.

And yes, I HAVE done this kind of thing successfully; I'm not giving you just some random holier-than-thou advice.

Or send em to me. I like to dip thier tails in gas and light em up at nite. They make for great moving nite targets as they run around the yard trying to put thier tails out.

 

[ecmst12]

The cats hang out outside your door and cry because you've been feeding them. It probably annoys your neighbors who have complained to your landlord. Not to mention all the other problems mentioned that you're contributing to. The strays are not going to starve, there's plenty of food out there for them to find, or if they're lucky the SPCA will pick them up, sterilize them, and find them decent homes.

Save the money you've been spending on the extra food and donate it to your local no-kill animal shelter to help them sterilize stray cats to keep the problem from getting worse.

 

[eme76]

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click on the lady covered in cats...lower R ​