Josef
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- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
So in Louisiana, there is a statewide leash law for dogs and I think pigs. I can be the jackass neighbor who calls the cops on neighbor dogs if I want to and they'll get a fine. Not for cats. Cats are allowed to run wild and destroy your property and as a homeowner, any possible action you think you might be able to take is a felony. There is no animal control group. Killing them is animal cruelty. Hauling them off somewhere to be someone else's problem is the felony of abandonment. Poisoning them is animal cruelty. These are all things I could do if it were a racoon pissing all over my property. I could just kill it and throw it in the woods. If you don't know, cat urine is highly caustic besides stinking terribly. My entire property of 1 acre is surrounded by the stink of the next door neighbor's 20 or so cats she keeps in a shed 20 feet from my house. Around 6 or 8 of them roam free at any given time and are always in my carport and yard. Which leads me here. What recourse do I have in small claims court? I don't really have any monetary damages, other than when I sit in a puddle of urine in my lawnmower seat (I have to clean it out daily). In the past, a dog urinating on my a/c compressor rotted out a huge section of metal and that cost me $5000 to replace, so this is not a joke. And if you don't know, in Louisiana, small claims courts are run by Justices of the Peace, who are not required to have an ounce of legal training. Also not a joke. The homeowner is a middle aged crazy (literally, off her meds a lot) woman who rants and raves on her porch with her music cranked up loud all the time. There is no talking to her about this. What can I do?
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