The Plan To Get The Cat-Killing Neighbors Under Control

The other day, I wrote an article explaining my cat colony... and how one of my neighbors has taken to torturing them and throwing them on the road alive and suffering for me to find.

I think I made it pretty obvious that I will not keep standing for this. At first, in my anger and grief, I wanted to intimidate them and make them live in fear like I am doing. Maybe move. I wanted to be an anonymous threat that made them afraid to go outside. I want to exit my body, enter their dreams, and torture them every night for the rest of their miserable, worthless lives.

Grief and anger can make a person think and want - and sometimes even do very dark things.

I'm not proud of myself for wishing they would die horrible, painful deaths.

Not proud of my dark feelings. I try to be better than that. No matter what they did to me, my family, and my cats, I should NOT wish death on another human being. But after 2 of my cats being bashed and brained in the face and left on the road alive, and several more have gone completely missing, I have found that I am only human, and the darkness and anger that I work so hard to overcome can come back in an instant.

And the truth that I don't think I am proud of... the blazing stark difference between the humans I am referring to and me... is that they can brain a cat and throw it on the road for it to suffer to death or be found. Me? I can't even bring myself to kick my rooster in self-defense if he's coming after me.

I can gnash my teeth, scream, wail, grieve, hate them, wish they were dead all I want to. But it comes down to the fact that I am not the kind of person who can physically hurt another being - animal or human. And I can't fathom how another human being COULD hurt another living thing for sport. The only thing, I believe that would take away any hesitation on hurting another living being, is if they were going after my children.

Life is sacred to me, and to harm another living entity is against everything that I am made of.

I cry for 5 hours if I run over a squirrel on accident, for fucks sake.

Along with the fact that I have lost faith in the justice system, I will never depend on a police officer for protection again.

I'm just gonna say, that I now understand why people DON'T call the police. They're freaking useless.

The time I was robbed - I knew who did it. I gave them their name and address. Did they ever do anything about it? Nope.

The time I was drugged and brutally raped. Knew the man who did it, since we were dating at the time - in a fucked up reality twist. They pulled his DNA out of me. He left bruises up and down my body, and I was in so much pain I could hardly walk. I was AT the hospital, getting examined. I heard the rape kit technician confirm that DNA was pulled out.

His address, name, DNA, and my battered body, and the cost of my dignity when every cop from the town showed up at the hospital to look at my bare humiliation. None of it was enough. He's out there somewhere in a different state. Living the good life.

Now this.

Police are useless without the correct conditions, and they don't get paid enough to feel motivated to even try to catch the bad guys. I don't blame them. I just know I can't count on them to protect my family.

So the plan had to change to something more realistic and less rage-fueled than the notion of burning their house down while they slept.

It would be too hard to burn it down in the rainy season anyways. Fall is a better time to consider that idea... I'm JUST KIDDING (kinda... it's a satisfying fantasy). As I said, I have intrusive, angry thoughts. But my willingness to act on my thoughts is at a level 0. I have children to think about - and retribution torture for my cats won't bring them back. It would just make me as much of a monster as these people, and I refuse to be so vile. At the same time, I also can't bring myself to act like I am better than them with my intrusive thoughts. To me, even thinking about these things makes me as bad as them.

I'm on a tightrope with my integrity and morals- in a way that I have never been before.

So far what we have done:

To date, we've installed 3 extra security cameras. There are more in transit from various places as I type. I will have every inch of my property on surveillance, and the road that connects our driveways now has all constant recording. Some of our cameras are motion-detected, further up the drive, to alarm us to someone coming up the foot of our hill. When the rain stops and the trees dry, we will be doing some serious landscaping maintenance to make sure our view is clear of any blockages.

I had 'my guy' bring me some extra home defense too. A cute little One Shot. It's got a bird shot in it right now, but bullets with more of a punch are in transit. Again, this is just for home defense - due to the fact in my mind, if these people are capable of bashing a cat's brain in and leaving it to suffer... they are capable of hurting me and my children. Or the other members of my family.

I also have to consider - they can use the fact my animals were on their property if I don't have evidence suggesting the cats were called off my property. I know my cats, and I know they don't leave my yard unless they are lured or follow me down on my walks, but I also understand that I have to prove that to the courts if this ever goes anywhere.

I've started bringing in all of the cats who have any sense of house manners at night, and I've been staying outside when the bulk of them are outside, watching them. A good opportunity to do outside work, since I physically cannot relax anymore due to the stress.

Let me make something clear because I KNOW I've indicated that I am angry, but have I made it obvious that I am also scared? Under the anger, and the need to be brave to protect my family, I am terrified. I close my eyes, and all I can see is my cats' faces, broken bashed, and covered in and choking on their own blood, drowning in it. I can hear the gurgling sound of ragged wet shallow breathing of a creature drowning in its own blood. I'm ashamed that I'm not handling this as well as I feel I should be. I am scared more of my animals will suffer and die, and I'm afraid it will escalate to something worse.

I've sent them a lovely letter, via certified mail.

I am hoping that it didn't sound like a threat, because that wasn't the intention behind it. My overall goal was to either A: Inform the head of the house of these activities if he's not aware. If they didn't...well now they do. And if they did know, I want them to know that I know what is happening, and they are digging their own metaphorical and legal graves if they continue to hurt my family. I could have done better - but, admittedly, I am not at my best right now.

§ 39-14-212. Aggravated cruelty to animals; definitions; penalties

(a) A person commits aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, the person intentionally or knowingly:

(1) Kills, maims, tortures, crushes, burns, drowns, suffocates, mutilates, starves, or otherwise causes serious physical injury, a substantial risk of death, or death to a companion animal; (My animals DIED by the way - they are not alive. So it's worst case scenario here for you)

(d) Aggravated cruelty to animals is a Class E felony.

(e) In addition to the penalty imposed by subsection (d), the sentencing court shall order the defendant to surrender custody and forfeit all companion animals as defined in subdivision (b)(2), and may award custody of the animals to the agency presenting the case. Notwithstanding § 40-35-111, the court shall prohibit the defendant from having custody of companion animals for at least two (2) years from the date of conviction and may impose a lifetime prohibition. The court may also impose any other reasonable restrictions on the person's custody of other animals as is necessary for the protection of the animals. The court shall prohibit any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section from having custody of any companion animal for the person's lifetime.

(f) In addition to the penalty imposed by subsection (d), the court may require the defendant to undergo psychological evaluation and counseling, the cost to be borne by the defendant. If the defendant is indigent, the court may, where practicable, direct the defendant to locate and enroll in a counseling or treatment program with an appropriate agency.

(g) If a defendant convicted of a violation of this section resides in a household with minor children or elderly individuals, the court may, within fifteen (15) days, send notification of the conviction to the appropriate protective agencies.

(h) In addition to the penalty imposed by subsection (d), the defendant may be held liable to the impounding officer or agency for all costs of impoundment from the time of seizure to the time of proper disposition of the case.

(i)(1) In addition to the penalty imposed by subsection (d), the defendant may be held liable to the owner of the animal for damages.

Not to mention the cost of what I am going to sue you for - monetary compensation for the extra security that has been installed, emotional damage, trauma, fear for our lives and the fear for my children. We're talking punitive damages.

Because anyone whose willing to bash a cats brain in for no reason - is likely to get bored of torturing animals and switch to killing humans eventually. And if you think I am angry over my animals... well, you really haven't seen anything yet until whichever little psycho of yours touches my kids.

Clearly I've seen your families skills, and what you are capable of doing with them.

If another one of my animals turns up brained and tortured - You will force me to get in touch with you and you will find out what MY skills are and what I am capable of.

We are neighbors, and we can either live in peace or we can have problems. The choice is yours and yours alone.

And honestly - how long is it before they goes to braining cats to wanting bigger prey? Just how defenseless is your wife who lives her life in a wheelchair? Have you seriously never considered that they may turn on you and her and you two be the first human victims?

You should not feel safe, living with a human who is capable of doing the things that were done to my animals.

Do something about your house and get it under control. Because at the rate your creature is escalating their killing sprees - it wont be long before you won't be able to do a thing about it. And even I would find that terrible and sad.

Oh and... The smashed parcel. That was stupid and petty. And I can put you or whichever of you did it in jail for that too.

Dunno if you knew about it, but I suspect you did since you have sooooooo many cameras.

Please be advised, it shouldn't happen again.

OH. :) Also. Did you know I can use your own camera footage against you? I bet you're wondering how.

You'll find out if you don't get whichever killer YOU CREATED to stop killing my cats.

Thank you for your time, consideration - and hopefully after you get this letter we can live to respect each other for as long as you are here.

Sincerely - your neighbor -

PS: Understand this letter is written in the assumption that you KNOW one of your family members is luring my cats to your property to torture them and maim them. They are leaving them on the road for me to find. ALIVE and SUFFERING.

3 so far that I know of. 3 of my FAMILY members, one of yours has tortured and murdered. because I had to put them down so they didn't suffer. They weren't going to heal from severe brain damage.

If you don't know about these activities - now you do. I hope you are as concerned as I am.

If you do know... you are just as much of a monster for letting it happen and you will be found guilty.

They aren't just cats to me and my young children, they are family. And I am angry because you have hurt all of us.

Be advised all of my cats are vaccinated and spayed/neutered.

If any of my cats cause a problem with your animals, all you have to do is tell me and I will keep them confined. If my cats are causing problems at your property - I would even apologize and ask if there's something I can do to fix it. I'm that kind of human.

They are only outside because they want to be - but I can change that if they are causing problems. I dont think this is the case

since very few of them leave my property TO MY KNOWLEDGE. But if I am wrong, I need to be informed so I can correct it.

Some of them have collars - most of them have lost their collars within an hour of putting them on. They all have names.

Talk to me like a HUMAN about the problem - instead of TORTURING an innocent animal. That is seriously SICK and I dont understand

how one of you could be so EVIL.

Consider this your legal cease and desist notification from us.

Typed and mailed via certified mail on 7/31/2024

But at this point, is this really all I can do to protect my family and animals? It's infuriating.

If you have any suggestions on what I can do that are within my legal parameters to help me deal with my cat-killing neighbors' situation, please let me know in the comments.

Time is precious, thank you so much for taking some to read my article. I hope you enjoyed it and it proved useful in some way!

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