[GovernmentShrinker]

Susan Hoffman and Jen Gable told police their dog was barking, and they went outside to see why. They found a cat thrashing in a trap that was allegedly set by Robbins on his porch. The cat died as Hoffman and Gable attempted to free it from the trap. . . . Police said the Pennsylvania Game Commission identified the device used to kill the cat as a type of trap primarily used to trap water animals such as beavers. Police learned the trap is manufactured to kill and closes with 90 pounds of pressure.

No, he didn't "do the right thing". He didn't "trap" it, he killed it, and he killed it very inhumanely. He also used a trap that could just as easily have killed some other animal -- pet or wild. If there wasn't a better way to keep the cat from peeing on his wood pile, he could and should have caught or trapped it using a humane method, and a method that couldn't inadvertently kill some other creature.

[at bay]

Feral cats are everyone’s responsibility. Just because an irresponsible person takes a cat into the country thinking it will fend for itself, the cat, an animal we bred to domestication, is not at fault and must be cared for.

At the very least, they need to be spay/neutered and fed on a regular basis.

[myknowledge]

To Robbins, killing cats peeing on his firewood would send a painful message to their owners.