[Mastador1]

No we are talking too different things, I'm talking about neighborhood cats and you're talking about feral cats out in open country. I don't equate the two, in any case the older gentleman was wrong in so far as not discussing the issue with his neighbor first. I just think there are too many shoot first because I don't like an animal posts. When things are justified I have no trouble with it, I just believe the first step, when possible, is to talk with the animals owner first. I mean we wouldn't just shoot a punk kid first would we?

[VRWCarea51]

I understand what you are saying but let me try to explain a bit. Most that live in fly over country have been there our whole lives.

Generally two things happen that create dogs or cats that run. One is the idiot city dweller that got a kitten or puppy for their kid. They don’t have the brains to teach it anything so after a year or so of crapping on everything in their home they don’t have the guts to drop them off at Animal control so they drive to the country and throw it out of the vehicle.

The second are Idiot City Dwellers that transplant their arses into a 1 acre lot to get out of the City. But Just like California Liberal Transplants who destroy other places when they move, the city dwellers bring their attitudes with them. All that open country...You would not believe how many times I have heard transplants say “well, we moved to the country so our aminals could run free.” Um HELLO? There are both Leash laws for dogs and roaming laws for cats. It is ILLEGAL to let a cat roam. PERIOD. The reason is because they transmit desease and they Kill any small animal they can.

As to a dog loose in your yard. The Law round here says you can’t shoot a dog unless it is attempting to harass livestock. Which I have done. Yeah someone’s pet. To bad, after returning it repeatedly and warning them of the law, they continued to let them run...

Funny thing, the Idiots just go get another dog. If you catch it and take it to the pound even if it has a license they just charge 25 bucks to the owners and the next day they are back. Killing Chickens, chasing Farm Animals etc.

[AppyPappy]

Our neighbors live far away from each other. One of them saw my cat running loose.
“I saw a cat that looked like your cat running loose. It had something in its mouth, like a bird. Are you sure it’s a good idea to let it run loose?”
“It wasn’t a bird. It was a rat. Would you rather have the cat running loose or the rat”
“Good point”.
The cat is too fat to catch a bird.

Like the time I heard this:
“Your cats are killing my birds”
“Your birds are crapping on my car”