Woman sues Albuquerque mayor over TNR program

Marcy Britton has started a claim in the courts for monetary compensation for, among other things, losses to the value of her house because those estimated losses have been caused by the numbers of feral cats around or near her house. She claims that the city of Albuquerque is responsible (through the Director of Animal Welfare Department and the Mayor) and has in effect taken her home but failed to pay for it. It is called inverse condemnation in the American judicial system. It’s disgusting. I mean you come home from work and there are cats on your porch. They get hit by cars. They get poisoned. This is where I live. My property value has been reduced… The claim is doomed to complete failure. I guess she is peeved and wants to make an expensive statement. She has certainly got some press coverage. It’s a gruesome, inhumane, illegal, thing to do to any animal….... She hates TNR, sees it as inhumane and a failure. She regards the presence of feral cats around her home as disgusti