Cat-killing bird-watcher heading to trial

The Houston Chronicle ^ | April 13, 2007 | HARVEY RICE

[Vaquero]

Seems some folks have trouble with the “shut up” part.

The responses to this thread should reinforce why it’s there.

S.S.S. should have been Bernie Getz mantra

[ca centered]

Fixed cats still kill birds. The thing he did wrong was post that he had killed them. He should get a slap on the wrist and that is all.

[tsmith130]

A feral cat is a WILD cat that has NOT been rescued in my book. SHEESH....once it’s “owned” it ain’t feral!

Got it...I'll tell the vet...he apparently has a different book than yours. And what's with the 'SHEESH'?

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I always like to have a few wild cats around. They keep the snakes, rats, mice, chipmunks, red squirrels, etc down. I there is a hungry animal around, I will feed it.

[Sundog]

Paint your kitty if you don’t want it shot. Here’s how.

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Painted-Cats-20070219

[lormand]

"The thing he did wrong was post that he had killed them."

I strongly disagree. Killing feral cats should not be a crime, and anyone should be able to say it, anywhere.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Correction: If there is a hungry animal around, I will feed it.

[goodnesswins]

“Sheesh” is old people’s vernacular.....and, yeah....tell your vet that.

[thepainster]

Once they do that by definition are they not Feral anymore?

[PackerBronco]

There’s one curled up on my bed right now that might disagree with you. ;o)

If it's curled up on your bed with you, it's probably NOT a feral cat. Unless you live out in the country with feral cats crossing your property, attacking birds, making a nuisance of themselves (and then dying on your property), you don't understand the problem here.

[ca centered]

Well you’ve got to be carefull what you say. Ask Imus.

[tumblindice]

“What are you in for?”

I stepped on a crack.
But kid, steer clear of that hombre pressing wildflowers: he killed a cat for yowling, down Saragossa way—just to see him die.

[Red Badger]

What if your cat is Cat-holic?..........

[mugs99]

We are getting rabies alerts about cats, neighborhood by neighborhood now.

How many people have contracted rabies from cats?
.

[PackerBronco]

Feral cats can certainly end up curled up on your bed....I’ve seen it and done it.

At which point it's no longer a feral cat.

[Xenalyte]

Feral animals are nobody's pets.



Although she doesn't look it, Spot, my feral 13-year-old, is as wild as the day I stuffed her inside my jacket and sprinted home with her.

She will not let herself be seen by outsiders and objects strenuously to being touched by anyone who's not me, although on occasion she has unbent enough to let my husband scratch her ears.

[PAR35]

Feral birds are more of a health threat than feral cats.
West Nile, Avian flu, histoplasmosis, Chlamydiosis, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Cryptococcosis, Allergic Alveolitis, for a start.

[PackerBronco]

We’ve had the cat for a year, since she was about 3-4 weeks old. When we had her spayed, the vet’s staff called her feral. Is that a feral cat?

No. Not any more.

[lormand]

"Ask Imus."

How true.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Is that a feral cat?

Uh, no.