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Town approves 3-cat limit

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Published: Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:51 PM

DUDLEY, Mass., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts town outlawed owning three cats without a kennel license after a man complained his neighbor's felines were hurting his lawn.

Voters at a Dudley town meeting Tuesday night approved the addition of the new language to a town bylaw, which will impose a $100 per day fine for violations, after a local man complained that some of the 15 cats owned by Mary Ellen Richards had destroyed his grass, the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette reported Wednesday.

Richards said at the town meeting that she now plans to put her house up for sale and move to a "more cat-friendly community,"

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