Hypothetical Cat Question…

Are Goldcrests considered rare all of a sudden !?

They are all over the UK and are not exactly on the endangered list.

+1 Piemonster.

Goldcrests are beautiful little things; so bravo for encouraging them.

Mulling the idea to kill a family’s pet though to protect what YOU have decided to do, is pretty lame.

MTFU and get a garden sprinkler/hosepipe, supersoaker 5000.

I have no idea where I read this, and it may well be an internet fallacy, but I read that cats are technically classed as wild animals, so if you leave tiddles riddled with air rifle pellets you’ll be in trouble, in much the same way as if you got caught shooting fantastic Mr. fox with an air rifle, since it’s classed as cruel and inhumane. If however, you reduce tiddles to his consitituent atoms with a 12′ bore, in much the same way as you would do to fantastic Mr. fox, then you’re ok, as that’s humane killing.

Four-legged, bird-murdering sh*t machines.

That’s what my late Dad used to call cats.

The native British wildcat has been extinct for over 150 years…

That depends on whether or not you include Scotland as part of Britain. they may be few and far between but we still have wildcats up here.

Four-legged, bird-murdering sh*t machines.

That’s what my late Dad used to call cats.

That’s a very balanced view to take. Did he own a dog?

Why do some people hate cats?

Why do some people hate cats?

Because they come into my garden, uninvited, and pooh in it.
I am not allowed to lift a dog over the fence to pooh in neighbours garden, i see no reason why their pet should be allowed to pooh in mine.

Here’s my new one , I’m training it to go after birds early as you can see 😉

Because they come into my garden, uninvited, and pooh in it.

Isn’t the natural world great?

@firestarter

Brilliant, well done sir

Get an angry dog and tie said angry dog to a flimsy branch

I am not allowed to lift a dog over the fence to pooh in neighbours garden, i see no reason why their pet should be allowed to pooh in mine.

Because the the Law allows cats to roam, but doesn’t allow dogs the same luxury.

I forsee the words “thread” and “closed”, and a number 2.

Obvious troll is obvious.

Because they come into my garden, uninvited, and pooh in it.

Can’t see the harm in it really ……

OP makes a very good point.

Why punish a cat for doing what comes naturally?

By that argument then the use of mouse traps, fly spray, ant powder etc should also be questioned.

In answer to the OP you need to give the cat a non-lethal reason not to come into your garden that outweighs the impulse to hunt. The answer to this is super soaker. Laced with chili will be unpleasant but not fatal as will lemon juice. Alternatively if you can just corner it and give it a good soaking then it will also avoid you.

As an example, I currently have my Nomad pressure washer set up in the bathroom durign the day so I can fire it out the window at a neighbours Bengal cat that keeps comign along and bothering our Guinea Pigs. It spots me if I try and get at it from downstairs windows and flees – I want a more permanent deterrent.

Just read that article about the silly, hysterical woman whose pet vermin had been shot:

“it’s normally a small step from animals to humans.”

So once I become accustomed to shooting cats, I’m gonna start on those pesky kids scrumping in my orchard… Looks like I’ll be starting a “What JCB” thread to bury all the bodies!

All I can say is that if I shot a cat twice with a high powered air rifle, it certainly wouldn’t be making its way home! Very poor shooting.

It’d be a very small step from animals to humans if you deliberately shot a pet of mine.

For the OP:

http://www.examiner.com/article/animal-abuse-a-prelude-to-social-violence

Chilli/Lemon juice is unnecessary, just water will do the trick fine. Quick blast from a water pistol or the hose will be fine, you don’t need to completely soak them.

An ultrasonic repellant will probably be better as it works when you’re not around too. It has the advantage that it should also work on foxes too.

It’d be a very small step from animals to humans if you deliberately shot a pet of mine.

Classic STW

Thank you all

Especially you really sincere posters

This remind me of this great story

Python eats Cat

Wilbur was a cat that had to be treated with kid gloves. The fact he was trapped like this would have been his ultimate fear.

“He was inside a giant serpent being digested.

“We couldn’t say goodbye to him or bury him or any of the other things you would do if he had been run over or died another way.

” I haven’t been this upset for 23 years, since my mum died. We don’t have any children, the cats are our family. “

Mr and Mrs Wadey own three other cats and described Wilbur as a “miracle of fluffy nature”

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve lost pets and know how upsetting it is. But there is quite a bit of hypocrisy going on here.
They don’t like a snake doing what comes naturally to it but are happy enough for their cat to eat birds?
It was just a case of the hunter becoming the hunted.

“Anyone who is accustomed to despise the life of any living being is in danger of disregarding human life also.” Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize 1952.

Utter codswallop. I’m a sociopath anyway, so none of these rules actually apply to me, but I’ve been shooting vermin most of my life, as have many people I know. And I only know a couple of people who have killed people on purpose. I haven’t, although people who think it’s acceptable to let their cats roam free would be high on my list…

If a man spent a lot of time, effort and money turning his garden into the ideal BBQ habitat to encourage friends round – friends that are protected by law – what is the legal position regarding birds that are allowed to roam free by their irresponsible Maker, which then sh!t on those garden tables, chairs and BBQ, in that man’s garden?

Is he allowed to resolve the issue? With a rifle for example?

FTFY

Pigface – Member
Why do some people hate cats?

They are so supercilious. I don’t like animals which think they are better than me…

And I only know a couple of people who have killed people on purpose. I haven’t, although people who think it’s acceptable to let their cats roam free would be high on my list…

They’d certainly be lower than internet trolls on mine. 😉

RM.

And I only know a couple of people who have killed people on purpose

😯

don’t worry dribbling, they’ll be G4S employees workign for the Border Agency or soldiers.

alex222 > touché (-:

One soldier and one cold-blooded murderer. Neither of them progressed from shooting cats… 😉

One soldier and one cold-blooded murderer.

if they worked for the IDF they could be the same person 🙂

If this hypothetical person had just spent a lot of money sorting their garden so the kids could play safely only for it to turn into the local cat shitter…

Annoying little crapping machines if you ask me!

On A serious note sprinkle some pepper around cats hate it

I used it on my borders to stop cat poohin there and drive it across to the neighbouring gardens 😉

“Anyone who is accustomed to despise the life of any living being is in danger of disregarding human life also.” Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize 1952.

Alfred Nobel – inventor of dynamite and gelignite, owner of the Bofors company famous for the production of cannons and other fine armaments.
Now he’d have sold you a decent cat gun.

@ the apparent ‘cat protection league’ on this thread.

Do the cat-owners have impunity over the ignorance towards their cats’ actions?

I accidentally leave rat traps where they like to poo.

I think I’m going to stop reading this thread before I get cross.