[Amelia]

I finally had a confrontation with the owner and was basically told that we(neighbors) were blowing it out of proportion, that her dog should be allowed to roam my yard because my cat had killed a bird on her lawn, and that she saw no difference between a cat roaming the neighborhood and a dog roaming the neighborhood.

I don't think cats should be allowed to roam the neighborhood either. If you're going to have a cat in a neighborhood, get a litterbox and keep it inside.

Our neighbor's cats scratched our cars when they climbed on them, pooped in the flowerbeds, killed birds at our birdfeeders and were generally a nuisance, but our neighbor, like you, didn't see a problem.

[paulat]

I don't think cats should be allowed to roam the neighborhood either. If you're going to have a cat in a neighborhood, get a litterbox and keep it inside.

Total ignorance. Cats eradicate rodents.

Places that have outlawed feral cats are now re-introducing them to keep down the rat population.

Rats breed plague.

[FreedomPoster]

Yep, that says it for me. I have a bigger problem with a big dangerous dog being continually loose, but I chase cats out of the yard anytime I see them.

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

I would keep my cat inside, however, I had agreed to take it in because she was in a household that was dangerous to her. One of the kids would abuse her(locked her up in a suitcase, etc.). Unfortunately, the family would let her go outside so she was already accustomed to being in the outdoors.I did try to keep her in for 6 months, but she basically was going insane and so were we. It was either bring her to the pound,euthanise her, or let her go outside. Call me a bleeding heart, but I just did not have it in me to do anything else.

I do have two other cats that I have also rescued(the mom while still pregnant-now fixed, and her kitten-neutered), but I have managed to keep them in the house.

As far as I know, my cat has done nothing to anybody else's property. If she had, I would have had to get rid of her. so far I have had no complaints.

So anyway, are you agreeing with my lovely neighbor in regards to my cat being equivalent to a dog that can potentially attack my children and completely destroy our property?