Posted on 11/16/2007 1:50:10 PM PST by BradtotheBone
cats doing what they’re programmed to do bump.
Sounds like vehicular assault to me.
Uhh. Then why did he shoot one? Shooting a living thing generally harms it.
Kitty ping!
Domestic cats should be under control of their owners at all times. When they roam around places destroying things outside their owners domain, then the situation changes sharply, and the rules should favor the property owner.
Feral cats on the other hand should never be thought of emotionally the same as house cats. Feral cats are some of the most destructive and brutal killers there is among other small domestic animals and wildlife.
I have no sympathy for these feral animals, nor should anyone else who cares about native wildlife.
At one time, we had an irresponsible neighbor that allowed some feral cats to breed in his born. At it's worse, there were beds of feathers all over my yard from these beasts killing the birds while they fed at the feeders.
Yadda yadda yadda, they aren't around anymore, and we have gobs of titmouse, finches, doves, hummingbirds, etc in our yard.
This jackass sounds like the self centered bastards who trespass on my home, swearing their rights override everyone else’s, because they want to photograph some rare bird that happens to be in one of my trees. They insist the laws don’t apply to them, because they’re “environmentalists.”
Grill a dozen plovers and deposit the heads and guts in the mailbox of this Audubon jackass.
“I have no sympathy for these feral animals, nor should anyone else who cares about native wildlife.”
I agree. Feral mountain lions and cougars should be shot on sight. Along with feral wolves and coyotes.
I should have said “feral cats” I guess.
We live in mountain country and have small livestock namely chickens, ducks and geese. People from the city come over here and dump their cats who go feral .... we shoot them when they come on our property .... so is that animal cruelty? It would be if we maimed or tortured them .....
“Domestic cats should be under control of their owners at all times. When they roam around places destroying things outside their owners domain, then the situation changes sharply, and the rules should favor the property owner.”
I agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, many cat lovers allow their emotion to cloud their judgement and view domesticated pets in the same category as strays & ferals.
Overkill? I think not.
PS: The guy was dead serious about killing a cat, not scaring it away.
Killing a cat isn’t ‘cruelty’ by itself. Killing it in a way *intended* to maximize suffering is cruelty. It’s about intent. Shooting it with a .22 is not inherently cruel at all but in fact a reasonably humane method to kill a small animal. That it apparently not an instant kill shot is unfortunate but it doesn’t rise to cruelty.
Case should be dismissed.
So because the guy was an official member of the bird club, that gives him the right to fire at will? Prosecute this Adam Henry!
“People from the city come over here and dump their cats who go feral .... we shoot them when they come on our property...”
I completely agree with you. When we lived in the California backcountry, city idiots would dump their dogs, which naturally, formed packs.
I had to carry a 12 gauge and sidearm when out for a walk. I don’t know how many dogs I shot. They would pack up at the manzinitas on the edge of the property and growl. I’d need to fire off rounds to scatter them so I could take a leak.
City morons don’t realize that gentle and sweet Fido becomes a killer pack animal without human control.
I rescued a few dogs that broke out of the pack after they were near starvation and took them to the animal shelter in town.
Quite simply, people, don’t dump your pets into the bush. People live there with their families. They pose a threat to private property and especially young children.
Well, what if I'm a member of a cat club? Can I hold a Cat-Vs-Parakeet cage match? Seeing how Michael Vick got busted for dogfighting, I think the problem is same-species. If you go cat-vs-bird, it should be OK. The judge says birdwatcher-vs-cat is OK, right?
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