Several strange cat experiences..
Recently, a guy living in a rural area shot a cat that was in his yard in a rural area.
Ends up the cat belonged to a neighbor who went searching for it, found it dead and buried it.
Then the neighbor called PITA. They came, dug up the cat, found it was shot and called police.
The guy was arrested and was fined $30,000 and possible jail for cruelty to animals. Out on bail now pending hearing.
Another situation, a friend of mine had a sand box in his yard for his three young children to play. The neighbor had 20+ cats running loose and they used my friend’s children’s sandbox as a litter box.
He mixed a can of tuna with antifreeze and killed all the cats. Animals cruelty people showed up, but could prove nothing as all the evidence was gone except for lots of dead cats that he threw back into the cat owner’s yard.
Pennsylvania has a law that it is illegal to feed stray cats, and if you do, you are liable for any damage they cause. That includes medical bills from cat scratches on children.
Sorry for bad flow. Was interrupted while typing.
When I first moved to NH I lived in a condo complex/residential area that had a lot of stray cats in the vicinity.
The single 30 something woman next door used to feed them.
Sometimes there would ten or more on the deck/patio next to our unit. She said one of the females had kittens under the deck the year before.
Apparently, some had at one time been someones pet. The people moved away and just let the cats go outside.
There were many other ways to deal with the cats going into his sandbox. Like a cover unless the kids were playing in it. Like calling a local cat rescue group to help out, instead of subjecting those poor cats to a miserable death. I know I hope he has a very miserable death himself. He sounds like a moron.
In Wyoming if you shoot a stray cat and law enforcement responds the only thing they do is critique your shot.