What a horrible position to be in.  How could anyone make that decision 'cause they are family!  I know when we lived in town it was a 3 animal limit and we had 5 including the cats.  We lived there for almost 30 years and always had more than the law said but never got caught.  Now we live in the country and only have Murfee but my daughter who lives with us has 2 cats and my son who lives on the property has 3 dogs, 2 horses, and 4 cats

   Good luck with whatever you decided to do.  Patty