Several years ago when I was working as a home inspector for my marketing guru's home inspection company, we did an inspection at a three-bedroom townhome that, according to authorities, had 83 cats living in it.

After seeing the place, and trying to count the cats that were still there, I don't doubt it. The conditions were deplorable, and the owner was being forced out by the Home Owner's Association. The owner said that she just couldn't find it in her heart to turn the cats away when they came to her door.

Now in this morning's paper comes a story about 157 dogs being found in a three-bedroom home in Tijuana. The owner, a leading Mexican playwright named Edward Coward, said that he "cannot stand to see an animal looking for help." Folks, this is not the kind of help that these animals need. Tijuana is known to have a large number of street dogs, but this is not the way to solve that problem.

Fortunately, the amount of publicity that this has attracted has caused the city of Tijuana to discuss the problem and how to solve it. Let's hope that the city and the people of Tijuana can arrive at a humane means to deal with our fine furry friends.

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