I'm pretty well known in my neighborhood. Mrs L and I run the Neighborhood Watch and at every meeting we stress that pets are REQUIRED BY LAW to be indoors or on a leash when they're on the street.
That means cats, dogs, ferrets, pot bellied pigs, whatever.
ANY 'stray' animal in our neighborhood is subject to humane trapping and a quick trip to County Animal Control.
There are fines and fees involved in recovering animals, and ferals which aren't adoptable are humanely euthanized.
Vicious animals in our neighborhood are subject to being shot on sight.
L
I consider myself fortunate not to live anywhere near your “neighbor”hood. I’ve long believed the best subdivision is 40 acres. I’m looking forward to acheiving that goal sooner or later.
At the risk of sounding unpolitically correct, wouldn’t it be better just to take care of the actual offenders instead of targeting everything that moves? What about those killer birds and squirrels and crickets and things like that? Do they get it, too?
So you’re gonna call the law on somebody’s cat running around the neighborhood? Getting rid of dogs I can understand (as they can actually hurt people), but cats? I’ll grant you that feral cats must be dealt with, but Joe Shmoe’s calico should be left alone.
Do you do the same for rats? If you keep the cats locked up, the rats will be paying you a visit.