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This the fault of owners who don't neuter their pets.
My yard is a cat free zone. Marauding cats get stung.
checking flights to wiscconsin now
If this dude were to try this with my wife's cats, he would need to become a protected species. In a hurry.
...the other white meat.
I, too, feed sqirrels and birds at my home all year long. I have watched as neighborhood cats (some domestic, some feral) sneaked up on, caught, and then tortured these beautiful creatures to death.
Cats don't kill like most predators do. Most predators kill as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Cats, on the other hand, maim, cripple, torture, and play with their victims... putting them through agonizing minutes of horror and agony as the cat enjoys its gruesome game.
Cats are the Uday Husseins of the animal world, and I despise them more than I do Democrats. I also have adopted the practice of protecting my squirrels, chipmunks and chickadees from their wanton savagery.
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Wanton cat killing is not a new idea; it has a history going back to16th century France where townspeople would burn cats alive in a sort of communal bonfire. It was considered a form of "entertainment," much like hunting is today.
The stupid persecution of cats survives to this day. In Ted Nugent's book "God, Guns and Rock 'n Roll," Nugent states that "sportsmen" were killing cats in the 1970's, and they somehow "knew instinctively" that feral dog and cat populations were at "epidemic proportions." Some of these cats and dogs, most likely, were considered pets at one time.
Domestic cats are not a threat to ecosystems, nor are they a serious threat to bird populations. Hunters are a much greater despoiler of ecosystems than cats will ever be. Hunters enjoy killing all sorts of animals: coyotes, foxes, rabbits, deer, elk, ducks, geese, cats . . . the list goes on and on. Entire ecosystems have been altered and damaged by hunting. Ranching too, has ruined tens of millions of acres in the Western United States. Ranchers can and will shoot a wide variety of wild animals for sport, fun, or whatever reasons they can conjur. Ranchers can and will shoot stray dogs whom they believe might harass their livetsock. Killing animals, apparently, is a preferred lifestyle for some people.
With hunters killing 150 million animals in the United States, and wounding countless more, wildlife killers should be pleased with their carnival of carnage. But no! Killing cats is on their menu of animals that need a good slaughtering . . . they wouldn't want to overlook a potential fun target.