TO: City of Nashua Finance Committee
FROM: Gary Braun, 8 Monza Road, Nashua NH
RE: Statement re: Proposed Contract with Humane Society
DATE: 7/10/19
Members of the Committee and Mr. Chairman. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. May
name is Gary Braun. I’ve resided at 8 Monza Road, Nashua NH with my wife Nancy, since 1991. I’m semi-
retired after being a lawyer for almost 30 years. I’ve already provided you 2 letters, one dated May 17,
2019 and the second dated tuly 9, 2019. | would like to enter those letters onto the record this evening,
along with a copy of this written statement.
We've had cats living with us for almost all of the time we’ve resided in Nashua. In September
2017 one of our neighbors used a live trap to trap one of our cats. The neighbor claimed that our cat
was harassing a cat living with the neighbor. It may be that the neighbor thought our cat was feral. We
were informed that a high ranking officer of the Nashua police department advised our neighbor to
obtain the live trap from the Humane Society of Nashua. Our neighbor called the Police Dept.’s Animal
Control Officer (ACO) after catching our cat in the live trap. The ACO took possession of my cat — i.e.
seized the cat - transported the cat to the Humane Society, and impounded her there pursuant to this
form which is entitled :Nashua — Municipal Impoundment Claim Form for Police or ACO”. A box is
checked on the form indicating the cat was impounded as a “stray” and/or “for running at large.”
Based on these facts, it is and has always been my position that my cat was impounded by the City and
the ACO on the basis that she was a stray or because she was running at large.
The ACO and the Humane Society do God’s work in my opinion by caring for animals. But the
ACO’s and the City’s actions must be consistent with the authority provided the City by law, as well as
with public pronouncements made by the City with respect to animal control issues. | feel there were
