When I was in the Navy one of the people I worked with lived in Pennsylvania farm country. He said that they used to trap cats then take them out to a field, let them loose and shoot them. He claimed that they dodged like rabbits and were good practice.
I have no problem with people who want to keep pets on their own property. Unfortunately many cat owners think their pets have the right to go anywhere they want and use other people’s property as their toilet, their breeding ground and their birthing room. Feral cats became feral because house cat owners were irresponsible.
My statement was really simple - anybody attempting to shoot one of my cats on my property will receive fire in return. Period. Kindly note I said ‘On My Property’. There’s a good bit of it and our two don’t leave it.