community president gone crazy!!!!!!

Deb, I don't think she's got a leg to stand on, just my view. She should be ridiculed for even thinking it.  (I appreciate no one wants any animals faeces left around so guess that's why she's taking this stance).

On our community we have an owner who put a gazebo up at the front of her property when community rules EXPRESSLY forbid it. President sent owner a letter. Owner said "take us to court, gazebo stays" in no uncertain terms. Administrator told community we should expect to have case go against us.

Tell her to do her worst.

From a cat lover.

hi debwal , i heard about your dilema through a friend of mine, i think the place in question you talking about is la cala hills, mijas costa.???????????????

I believe that if they win the court case they want to lock you out of your apartment for a maxium of 3 years if judge allows it and you will have to pay the court costs.

i agree it is utter madness that you have to keep your cat locked in but the neuterd stray cats can walk freely. it is laughable that a stray cat has more rights than an owner of an apartment.

all i can say is good luck and get rid of the president.

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Debwal, please take note of VickiT's post. It would be too tragic for something to happen to your cat as a result of this situation. Although the fact that the security guards openly feed the strays, and the president has used community funds to neuter (rather than murder) them suggests that he is not totally anti-cats.

If the community rules (estatutos) state no pets in communal areas, then you may have a problem allowing your cat out. (Of course, you are free to keep it in your own home). It sounds like the president is being unreasonable since he walks his own pet through communal areas - but if it's always on a lead, and only entering and leaving.......

I wonder why he is so against your cat? I'm quite sure it is not due to fowling, since all cats are scrupulously clean, and it's highly unlikely that he/she leaves any trace of faeces in the garden. Is it by any chance an un-castrated male? If so, this could be the problem, as he may be marking is territory in a rather pungent way! Castrating him will eliminate the smell, and also keep him closer to home, since it will curb his urge to wander (in pursuit of the ladies).

To anybody who has cats here in Spain, whether male or female, I strongly urge you to have them all neutered anyway. It's the responsible thing to do. Apart from the obvious problem of ever-expanding stray populations, by reducing their natural instincts to mingle with other cats, you will also greatly reduce the chances of them becoming infected with FIV, which is rife here. If you can keep your cat away from communal areas, and other cats, especially strays, you will be doing him/her a big favour.

thank you for your reply roberto. no both my cats have been castrated and also have had all their injections and both are micro-chipped just in case one of them disappears suddenly!!!!  i feel that it is not so much my cats as they are very friendly and only go out a few hours during the day, we keep them in at night. It is more to do with us owning them. As there as been a porblem about the cats since we installed a cat flap and at the agm meeting the cat flap was voted on that it could stay.  I feel that as wiith all communities there are many more problems that are more serious to deal with. i.e parking in dangerous places when there are parking spaces underground and cracks in the building.!!!!!!

The president still breaks the rules by walking the dog on a lead while in the community. one rule for one.????

thank you for your reply tinto. but the president is saying that all seven stray cats can stay and ours are to be kept in.  Its that tray cats i have seen cr....ping on the lawns and not burying it  as they have not been litter trained.  why does that president also belong to pads and sits on the governing board?????????

This is not in disagreement ............. rules are rules and if the rules say no animals, then it should be no animals.

However, in our Urbinisation there is a severe element of hypocracy for the following reasons: The rules say No Animals are allowed in the community. The president is thretening to take Cat owners to Court .... there are 3 or 4 cat owners out of 120 apartments.

The president recently paid to have 7 wild cats doctored and allows them to freely wander over the grounds of the community and c**p in the gardens. She also walks her dog in the community, allowing it to p**s and c**p on the grounds of the community (OK, she picks it up, but leaves pieces of feaces on the ground).

She has clearly stated that she will allow the wild cats to continue wandering over the grounds, continue walking her dog ...... but the 4 domestic cats must not go into community grounds.

She is OK with wild cats c**p, but not that of a domestic cat!

Total hypocrite I think you will all agree?

Hi Debwal

I agree, she should either enforce the rule for all (including strays) or relook at the rule.  I love cats but don't have any now since I lost my last cat, because we are moving to spain in 2-3 years & don't want the hassle & restrictions from community rules regarding pets.

Could you not ask for a meeting with all owners (including president & the security guard) & come to some sort of agreement?

C

wings

Surely the place to bring up the disparity in how you are being treated is at the community meetings, have you tried this?

thanks for your replies.  yes there has been several meetings and discussions regarding this. one was an email sent to us while we were on holiday to say that there is less cats c...p around the pools since our cats have bben in the kennels. another was a  note on the board to all cat owners to pick up their cats c...p and the last meeting, not a agm one my husband arrived with the original rules of the community explained how they had been changed to no cats in the gardens areas. dogs must be on a lead!!!!! Even then my husband agreed to help by finding out about a solution that you put on gardens to stop cats going there and he sent an email to the president regarding this and also how much it would cost per cat owner. but following this there was a disagreement with her husband who was very rude and she called my husband a p...k!

so we decided to take the other cat owners stance and stop our help and take a back seat which has resulted in this scenerio!