ULPT Request - Neighbors leaving food for cats
I have some neighbors that think they are doing the world a service by feeding feral cats around the neighborhood. They live probably five or six houses from mine.
Both houses share the entrance to the street, one house has a "dog" house outside it that always has a ton of cat food and the other house directly across also does this but consists of two raised trailers that these cats live under instead of a typical animal dwelling.
The entire entrance to the street smells like a litter box. I can't imagine how it smells inside but their properties are mostly dirt, and again, smells like shit.
I know you can't control your neighbors, or their houses, my biggest issue is that these people go on walks to place tuna/cat food around the neighborhood. They literally wear safety vests announcing to the world what they're doing.
The cats themselves are a problem, I've had five cats in my backyard at one time (and multiple times) that barely blink when I come out there. I have to physically chase them off.
They shit in my yard. Everywhere. I have a dog and I can't have her eating it and she likes to roll in it.
My dog tries to chase them but has hurt her ankle a couple times and I have to limit how long she can be out there more than it used to be. And I can't have her eating cat cookies all day that they keep leaving.
I can't keep up with the amount of cat shit in my yard. I can't keep up with them pissing all over the Traeger or the swing that we can't even sit on because they keep pissing on it.
The flies in my own yard are horrendous and I keep finding piles of shit everywhere.
The part that has me considering horrible options is that they have dug up the plants that I got from my Grandma before she had passed. She's the whole reason I'm even into gardening and plants.
I just lost my job in February, I have two kids and a disabled husband. It shouldn't be my responsibility to clean up after these assholes making the neighborhood a biohazard.