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Speaker 1: Animal Control officer Matthew Lipinsky telling me in a statement

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Speaker 1: that the Nuisance Cat Ordinance will help ensure the preservation

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Speaker 1: of public safety after an uptick of complaints about aggressive

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Speaker 1: cats in the city.

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Speaker 2: It's preposterous. Cats do not attack other people, they run

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Speaker 2: away from them.

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Speaker 1: Cat owners like brink Bush are worried about what defines

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Speaker 1: a nuisance since cats are always out and about.

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Speaker 2: They roam from backyard to backyard. They usually go home,

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Speaker 2: they know where the food is. This is something that

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Speaker 2: can be used by people who just hate cats.

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Speaker 1: Jill Aald's, treasurer of Friends of Beverly Animals, has similar concerns.

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Speaker 3: I would like to see the wording more specific about

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Speaker 3: aggressive cats rather than just a nuisance cat. I think

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Speaker 3: that leaves I mean some people. A lot of people

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Speaker 3: don't want the cats at their bird feeder, you know,

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Speaker 3: or don't want them in their garden.

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Speaker 1: Beverly City councils expected to conduct a final vote at

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Speaker 1: their next meeting. Jared Brosnan WBZ, Boston's news radio