The fact that the pet’s owner is negligent has been conceded. The cat is there in the sandbox. The question then, though, is what do you do about it? Kill the cat or just put a cover over the sandbox? The fact that the owner was negligent won’t take away the pain that killing the pet may cause. Whatever the antecedent causes, at that point you have the power to determine whether it happens or not.
> Here is some more food for thought or food for cats. Your poor little innocent pet kitty isn’t so innocent at all.
I don’t have a pet myself, though I had dogs and cats as a child. I’m well aware of the cruelty of nature, the law of fang and claw — which applies to cats, dogs, birds, everything. I’m not one of those persons who believe pets are good, and human beings bad. To love a cat, for instance, you have to close your eyes to some of the cruel acts of which it’s capable. We attribute those acts to nature, though, and try to put them out of our minds. I like to believe that human beings, though, are capable of being more compassionate. We’re not just predators. We can put ourselves in the places of other creatures, and try not to hurt them unnecessarily.
No the question is if I should let an irresponsible pet owner dictate to me that I must act to overcome their negligent and irresponsible acts and attitude by having to put a cover on my kids sandbox. My answer is simply, NO WAY IN HE11. Your cat, your responsibility. Period. On my property your cat needs to be someplace else. I do not like cats and do not own any because of it. Why do you think that any other person has some right to impose their cat on me or that it should be allowed to roam freely on my property? You can not get past these questions because there is no justification or legal argument that can make these things right. If my dogs were out chasing deer I would shoot them myself. The deer as well as the birds are protected by state laws. Why do cat owners think that their kitty can go out and kill protected birds? They let them outside or keep them outside and enable them kill protected birds. That is an admitted fact well established by comments in this thread of posts. If my dogs got out and killed a deer the state fish and game would have me in court paying a big fine. Cat owners who's cats hunt and kill birds should be treated in the same exact manner. At the bottom of this is the belief by many that cats should be treated differently than dogs and other pets. BS. If I'm held responsible to keep my dogs at home then exactly the same should be required of cat owners. No excuses or BS rationalizations are accepted. What is good for one must be good for the other.