Here’s an interesting case of a woman who fought her village’s dog limit statutes and won. You might think that she’s some kind of animal collector, if she’s violating the limit of pets she can have, but if she is, then I am. The limit is only four pets.

She ws cited for being over the limit by just one dog. Personally, I think that’s ridiculous. If she had 20 or 30 dogs, okay. Perhaps I could see that. But she has just five. Being the owner of two dogs and three cats myself, I would be in violation of the village’s rule and I’d have to tell them where to stick it as well.

Luckily, she found a loophole in the way the law is written. It appears that the rule is actually four pets per person. Seeing as she and her daughter live together, they could actually have up to eight pets in their home. So, a judge ruled in her favor, but she might not be safe for long. From the post at ohmidog!:

Village officials, meanwhile are considering an appeal, or a rewrite. They’re also considering lowering the limit on pets to three per home in multifamily residential complexes, meaning it would impose a different standard on those who dwell in apartments, condominiums or townhouses.

Sheesh. Just another way government tries to control its people. And we pay for this. What do you think? is a four pet per household or three pet per townhouse or condominium going too far?