Title: Dudley limits cat ownership

" But you might say cats are no longer a big cats meow in the town of Dudley. New bylaw will soon take effect limiting -- 23 cats per household. Joining us with more on the story as western news tonight's Kenneth Craig kept."

" Good evening -- what you could say this new bylaw is causing quite the stir. Gaining -- local state and even national attention at the center of it all -- woman living with fifteen cats. It seems anywhere you go on Kennedy drive and -- you'll see them cats lots of them. Mary Ellen Richards lives in a home here with fifteen cats and her neighbors say they've become a."

" Big problem. And -- cats everywhere. You've been there in the mouse it stinks. It's and I line. There's dead birds dead mice have to explain that's my small children. My kids can't play in the yard. There's that the."

" The list -- aren't Amy or and her family live across the street. The cats have caused quite a stir and actually led to a new town by law approved by voters on Monday. It limits residents to three caps per household. Any more and residents must apply and paper kennel license at an annual cost of fifty dollars."

" This doesn't limit someone to three they can have as she -- fifteen. But once you reach three or more that you need to go through what's called a residential. Kennel license."

" The existing law already applies to dog owners as for Mary Ellen Richards she maintains that she operates -- will -- angels. A nonprofit cat adoption and rescue center. But the town says the business is not licensed and a commercial kennel can't be run inside a home. Officials issued a cease and desist order on September 17. Richards has since secured a hundred dollar a day fine. While Mary Ellen Richards declined to speak with us on camera and her attorney says she's been unfairly targeted -- when asked even though she's done everything she him. To comply with her neighbors and the town that."

" Had they in fact. Compromise. Cooperated and communicated. This probably never would've reached the level that it did."

" home is now on the market and neighbors say they wish they could've worked it out."

" Her own and my children -- playing in the yard. And now and my sons on the line and stepping in feces -- wants to play. With the ball and stepped in and -- is in my daughter's plane and their toys are rolling all over it. It's a problem."

" Now we should also mention Leslie in all fairness these cats from what we could tell seem to be in pretty good health Mary Ellen Richards the woman who owns all these -- seems to be pretty passionate about taking care of those cats. And the town has not indicated otherwise. -- Aren't and it thank you."