For pete's sake, doesn't any of the cat contingent ever read the articles? Or even the posts?
There are certain conditions that have to be met before a cat can be shot. It will not allow shooting in suburban yards where shooting firerams is already illegal. Nothing changes that. This is a tool for property owners in rural parts of the state (and wisconsin had plenty of those) who know their property to get rid of pests that shouldn't be there.
Like Nam Vet said, sure is easy to tell the city folks on the thread.
uh, duh, i do read and i also know knee jerk citizens who will take the law out of context and shoot before they ask questions. maybe you think its cute to murder innocent animals who didn't have a choice in the matter. but we are the ones that domesticated this animal knowing its nature. we are also the ones who get cute little kitties and then dump them into rural areas. THAT ought to be the crime not the animal trying to feed itself. i heard of it all the time. brat college students (or others) who would get a cat for the semester and then dump it in a rural area. makes me sick. and so do songbird anal retentives who claim their "rural" songbirds are being murdered by these kitties.