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updated 10:49 a.m. ET Feb. 24, 2005

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The cats have got to go.

A Pennsylvania family with 32 cats has 30 days to get rid of all but six of them.

A judge has ruled that Salisbury Township officials can enter the home and remove the cats once the deadline passes.

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Shirley Billig and her family plan to appeal Judge Alan Black’s order. They’ve been fighting authorities for more than a year to keep the cats.

Black says the family may face repercussions -- including contempt charges -- if they don’t comply with his ruling.

Billig says: “They’re not going to get the cats.”

The family says the cats stay indoors, have regular veterinarian visits and have access to litter boxes -- and only one neighbor has complained in 24 years.