Catfight Heads to Court

Re “Court Next Chapter in Romeo’s Tragedy,” Dec. 13: Tara DiGiovanni has filed a $100,000 lawsuit against her neighbor, Jillian Jones, for emotional distress and the loss of use of Romeo, a 9-month-old male Bengal cat that she paid $4,000 for. Who in their right mind would pay $4,000 for a cat and let him run loose during the day, which could result in him getting hit by a car or attacked by another cat or dog? If you absolutely have to use him for stud, then have the common sense to keep him inside.

But more important, how irresponsible can you be? Allowing an unneutered male cat to run free, allowing him to impregnate any female cat that comes along, adding to the overpopulation of unwanted cats and kittens in today’s world.

Tara, take a walk through any high-kill animal shelter and then let’s talk about your emotional distress.

You should be thankful someone acted responsibly for you and had your cat neutered.

If anyone should be sued, it should be you for your callous approach to the animal overpopulation.

Bonnie Kalaf

Studio City

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Anyone who lets an unneutered or unspayed cat roam the neighborhood is totally irresponsible. Whoever had the cat fixed did the local cat population, animal shelters and rescue groups a huge favor. Millions of cats and dogs are euthanized each year because of people like Romeo’s owner, DiGiovanni, who either can’t be bothered or don’t want to get their animals spayed and neutered.

Perhaps DiGiovanni would like to pay for the board, care, medical treatment and spaying and neutering costs of all the litters for which Romeo has undoubtedly been responsible in her area.

Jane Garcia

Los Angeles

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Although I can sympathize with DiGiovanni’s plight that someone took something of hers without her permission, I applaud the “anonymous” neuterer. DiGiovanni should be asking herself how this person got her cat in the first place. A true animal breeder would not allow his or her animal to run loose to procreate at random or catch a terminal illness from an unvaccinated stray.

Perhaps DiGiovanni should take a field trip to the local animal shelter to see what really becomes of hobby-bred cats and dogs. She should be thanking her neighbor rather than suing her.

Shannon Carranza

North Hollywood