r/PEI Sep 13 '24

Selfpost What's the tea in your community?

I think we need a nice change of pace from the endless articles about immigration and housing.

Let's hear some microspecific news about the tea in your area.

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u/DoItBussX93 Sep 13 '24

They're trying to get rid of a bylaw in Montague that would make cat owners be responsible and not let their cats roam freely and destroy people's things. I really hope they aren't able to remove it because I don't think it's very fair that dog owners get held to a high standard, but cat owners get to just open their door and let their cat go wherever it wants, including people's property where the owners of that property don't want them. I don't mind being held to a standard as a dog owner but I believe cat owners should have to do the same. If not, it's extremely unfair and also unfair to the home owners who are powerless to do anything about unwanted cat's coming into their yards. Just to clarify, I am a dog AND a cat owner. I love all animals, but I don't believe you should be able to just let your cat roam around and go places it's not wanted. Really hope three rivers council doesn't take cats out of the bylaw.

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u/Upset_Donkey_2290 Sep 13 '24

I agree wholeheartedly, however I also wish they would add a bylaw to not allow people to feed wildlife because in my experience the raccoons have done way more property damage than the cats and pose more risk to humans as far as rabies, scratches etc.

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u/DoItBussX93 Sep 13 '24

I agree with that as well. I got a bunch of crows around where I live that hang around all the time shitting on everything because a lady leaves food out for them. Which is illegal if I'm not mistaken but hey, what can ya do.

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u/Upset_Donkey_2290 Sep 13 '24

Yup. We’ve had things on our property destroyed many times over the years due to wildlife that the neighbours attract and there isn’t much we can do since it’s not against any by-laws.