Ya know not too long ago....like when I was a kid, my dad would never think of letting a cat in the house—that was how most people thought....they were considered animals and lived outside. Only the last few decades have people kept them inside. He also never whined about a cat in the garden or pooping on the lawn. He was realistic. I don’t see you whining about all the bird and rodent poop. Why would you chance eating food from your garden? The diseases in that soil from bugs, birds and rodents must be horrific. They are much more deadly than the chance that a cat might poop in your garden and yet you don’t care about that. And I said it also depended on the circumstances. Letting a cat roam in NYC is different than one strolling in the suburbs.
Still, I must thank you for your answers as you've convinced me that there is no reasoning with people who feel as you do. Clearly, no matter how I much I talk about my property rights, the city laws against letting animals run loose, the POA's bylaws against letting animals run loose, the hazards of letting animals run loose, my efforts to be humane rather than lethal or any other bit of logic, all I'll get in return is some emotional inane bluster. Why waste the time?
You have convinced me that the only way I can solve cat problem the irresponsible cat people have forced upon me is to trap them and turn them over to the pound or simply shoot them and put them in the trash. I see now that this way everybody wins. People can let their cats run free as they believe nature intended and I then get rid of the nuisance cats on my property per the city and POA laws. Win-win. Though I'm pissed that my neighbors would force me to do this, I appreciate your showing me that I have no other choice.