[Wisconsin155]

My questions apply to all hunters

I have no idea, but can you really tell from 300 yards away if a cat has a collar or not? When in doubt, take him out?

Further, how do you know a cat is really feral, and not a farm cat? Don't farmers keep barn cats to control rodents?

On the other hand, unless we get to the point that we have a large rodent problem, owners should be responsible and keep their cats indoors. But this proposal seems like a rather extreme way to solve owner irresponsibility. Why not simply level fines for cats caught outdoors?

[Siamese Princess]

I have no idea, but can you really tell from 300 yards away if a cat has a collar or not? When in doubt, take him out?

I wonder, too. I suspect that some will shoot and then claim that they didn't see the collars. Oh, well! Or, they will shoot the cats, remove their collars from the dead bodies and perhaps toss the bodies into the bushes. No collar -- okay to shoot.

Further, how do you know a cat is really feral, and not a farm cat? Don't farmers keep barn cats to control rodents?

I have a number of friends who live in the country and their cats go outside minus collars. One of my friends owns a horse and I've visited the various barns that he has been kept. The barn owners keep cats and I don't recall seeing collars. I may be wrong, though.