Man who wants cats hunt gets death threats

KSTP.com ^ | 03/10/05 | KSTP.com

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

The La Crosse man who's asked the state to allow hunters to kill stray cats says he's been getting death threats.

Mark Smith told La Crosse police he's gotten angry phone calls and messages at work and at home.

Police reports say one call made while Smith was working at the La Crosse Fire Department suggested it should be "open season on firefighters." Another woman told Smith that if the state Legislature approved his request Smith would be hunted down and killed.

Smith has asked the Wisconsin Conservation Congress to vote on his proposal at an April eleventh meeting. That vote would be advisory. The Legislature would have to consider the proposal before cats could be hunted.

Smith has proposed that any cat not under the owner's direct control or wearing a collar should be considered fair game for hunters with small-game licenses.

[Michael.SF.]

[shekkian]

The problem with hunting cats is you'd need nine bullets to put one down.

[bert]

Paging Alf......

You are needed in Wisconsin

 

[Graycliff]

They need to look at the damage feral cats have caused in Australia.

[12 Gauge Mossberg]

This guy's a bird lover, though. So using his logic then wild birds not protected by the Endangered Species Act should be shot and killed too. After all, they don't have owners' tags and aren't considered pets.

People like Smith give hunters a bad name. I don't condone the threats against him but that's what happens when you go popping off at the mouth.

[nina0113]

any cat not under the owner's direct control

Cats don't have owners, and they're impossible to control. What's he smoking?

[Finger Monkey]

Feral cats are bad. I'm a kitty lover and even I know this. At the very least they can spread diseased to domestic cats.

[kingattax]

lol

[Finger Monkey]

True, true. My cats definitely own me.

[Enterprise]

Come 'ere. Are you talkin' to me? Are YOU talkin' to me?

[Drew68]

Blue state hate.

C'mon now. When somebody publicly calls for a hunting season on cats he should not be to surprised when people get a bit angry and stop showing him love.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

Cat the OTHER WHITE MEAT!!!
Delicious and nutritious tastes just like chicken!

[Enterprise]

Looked for
He cannot be seen
Listened for
He cannot be heard

The ninja cat accepts his assignment
He now hunts Mark Smith with grim determination

[-YYZ-]

Awwww, what a cutie.

[rabidralph]

death threats from the cats, no doubt.

[76834]

Sounds like a plan.
Then they crawl under your house and die.
In a couple of days you will realize that you made a very smelly mistake.

I use .22 shorts.
They dont make much much noise and are very effective.

[crazyhorse691]

Live cats are great gater bait or so I have heard.

[Imaverygooddriver]

LOL LOL!!!!!!!

[-YYZ-]

Actually, most wild/song birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Act, except where hunting is specifically permitted. So ducks and geese, for example, are protected except during specified hunting seaons. Since most song birds are not good eating, they are protected all them time.