The Conservative Cave

The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on March 18, 2010, 02:13:58 PM

Title: Australian woman fined $9000 after caught living in car with 23 animals
Post by: bijou on March 18, 2010, 02:13:58 PM
Quote
The Gold Coast Bulletin reported Carol Lynette Samuels, 66, said she was a successful cat breeder but tough financial times last year had forced her to move out of a $1.5 million mansion on Macleay Island in Moreton Bay.

She told the Southport Magistrates Court she no choice but to move into her car along with her pets which she considered to be her "children".

An RSPCA inspector found Samuels and her pets in the undercover carpark of the Arundel Shopping Plaza in September after a complaint.

The court was told inside the car, which stank of ammonia, the inspector found 11 long-haired Persian cats and a Himalayan cat inside seven cages on the back seat and nine Pomeranian dogs and two poodles beside the car. ...
link (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/woman-fined-9000-after-caught-living-in-car-with-23-animals/story-e6freuyi-1225842288867)
Title: Re: Australian woman fined $9000 after caught living in car with 23 animals
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 18, 2010, 02:16:54 PM
Wait they actually had fines on the books for that "crime"??
Title: Re: Australian woman fined $9000 after caught living in car with 23 animals
Post by: Eupher on March 18, 2010, 02:51:57 PM
If that woman is homeless and doesn't have a pot to piss in (literally, apparently), how the hell do they hope to drag $9K out of her ass?

 :confused:
Title: Re: Australian woman fined $9000 after caught living in car with 23 animals
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 18, 2010, 02:52:46 PM
Quote from: Eupher on March 18, 2010, 02:51:57 PM
If that woman is homeless and doesn't have a pot to piss in (literally, apparently), how the hell do they hope to drag $9K out of her ass?
 :confused:

Maybe they dock the food stamps. Maybe the cats get sold to a Korean butcher?