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Yes and that's very nice that you did that.

Now, about the other couple of million cats roaming loose?..

You fix them. Soon the numbers will go down. The problem of having an open shoot on ferals is that no cat will be safe. I don't let my cat out. But a lot of people do. Just wait, if they make it legal to shoot cats, if your cat roams into someones yard, it will be shot, poisoned, etc. Actually you will see people using poison bait to kill them off if this law is passed. Poison kills all cats, not just feral ones. Remember the new law would take away protection from being killed, not just to shoot them. Also, this new law is open-ended with the definition of Feral. I mean what if you put a collar on your cat & it comes off and then someone shoots it. That would be OK under the new law if passed.

Actually you will see people using poison bait to kill them off if this law is passed. Poison kills all cats, not just feral ones.

Here in South Carolina it is legal to kill all feral (formally domesticated) animals, whether they be cats, dogs, goats, hogs, etc. It is expressly forbidden to poison any of these.

I live in the country near a major city. There is a bridge down the road where all of the good city folk come to dump their unwanted pets. Literally hundreds of pets a year. Most die quickly of starvation, not having the skills to hunt.

I will and do shoot any feral that comes on my property. I have few neighbors and am well acquainted with their pets so that is never a problem. Every year I have to shoot about 15 feral animals. Believe me when I say it is an unpleasant duty but a necessary one. I did not ask for this problem, but I will not shirk from my responsibility like those that are dumping these animals.

By the way, I have two cats that were both formally feral. Best mousers you have ever seen.

I totally agree with you.
TNR is the way to go with this problem. People need to start being responsible not only for their CATS, but for thier own themselves. I don't hear about people killing one another cause they have too many children they can't take care of. My GOD, people just think they're so exempt from what WE do to this world...take a look around you and if it weren't for us; none of this would happen. Look at all the dog breeders, cat breeders etc. Don't you think there's enough animals in this world without people making a living off of animals breeding? There'd be a lot more adoption and more people taking responsibilty to spay/neuter their cats.

Trust me, I have my own and they're ALL well cared for. I don't have children...there's enough of them in the world and I really don't think killing them or anything's going to take care of the problems the irresponsible people have caused.

Let's take this a little further and take a look at China. Now, they can kill their own children. They're only allowed to have one child...YES, only one. If it's not a boy, you can kill it. Nice huh? Our culture's may be differnt, but man shows how barberic they can be "everywhere" on this planet.

Those of you that want to hunt and kill cats; I'm sure you're very brave and would love the trophey on your wall....you're nothing but bullies. Perhaps your time could be better spent in a more POSTIVE way to clean up the world. Like starting with looking in the mirror!