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The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« on: August 22, 2008, 05:30:29 AM »
The neighbors (more than one) have free roaming pet cats, and the cats have lots of kittens. Our small town city officials have put out stern warnings about letting cats roam free with almost NO COMPLIANCE. It seems that cat owners do not comply as most dog owners do.
I have taken matters into my own hands on my place, and the cats are treated very" similarly" the way I treat the occasional free roaming pit bulls. Any other suggestions?
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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2008, 05:58:18 AM »
I have taken matters into my own hands on my place, and the cats are treated very" similarly" the way I treat the occasional free roaming pit bulls. Any other suggestions?

If you're implying that you're putting them down, then I'd highly advise not getting caught, or altering your course to call the local animal control office who will likely look into the matter (either by catching/detaining the problems animals and/or writing a citation to the owner).

It's personally not really an issue for me one way or another, but killing a stray cat or dog these days is a pretty serious crime in most areas that can result in jail time of a few years.  Even though the government usually euthanizes many unwanted animals itself, it's considered a form of vigilantism for one to do so themselves.  Easier and safer to just let the authorities handle it.

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2008, 06:46:27 AM »
Oh yes what joke,animal control.
they are are all for pay this do this take peoples dogs to dog jail.
just call them about a cat problem,in my area i to am fed up with cats and they say !!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH CATS ,IF YOU BRING THEM TO US AT YOUR EXPENCE WE WILL TAKE THEM.
Just don't get caught thinning the heard as then they can make money off ya for animal cruelty etc.
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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2008, 08:44:14 AM »
There is no animal control in our county and there is a lease law that applies to both cats and dogs. Shooting or harming either is now a FELONY in this state. If you call the Sheriff the owners deny they belong to them and have no tags or collars on the cats or dogs so you can't really prove ownership. Shoot one tho and they call the law and tell them you shot their pet. Guess who will be in trouble then?

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2008, 09:05:36 AM »
We had a feral cat that was beating up the neighborhood (good) cats.  I asked our vet what to do.  He advised against trying to catch them and turn them over to the ASPCA since the feral cats can not be rehabilitated.  He did advise borrowing a live trap from the ASPCA and baiting it with a dish of cat food, then you shoot them.  It worked on the second try, a 'possum was the first catch.  My pellet did did the rest.  Oh, he said to be sure to wash the blood off the trap before returning it with the excuse that you didn't catch anything except the (relatively) good cats.  Whatever you do, don't let anybody see you doing this or you mayl spend 9 cat lives in a jail.

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2008, 09:31:42 AM »
Have we gotten so far to the left that a stray cat has more rights than a human , aside from all the nasty bugs that strays carry , that can harm people , we now must let them roam free at their will  .

BS - stray cats and a .22 are just lion hunting on a smaller scale , that and the targets of opportunity that comes when hunting bunnies or groundhogs , something MUST be done to control the numbers , I am not willing to give the ASPCA $30 a head to deal with the vermin that I did not being into my world .

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2008, 11:31:37 AM »
When I was about 20 years old I had a new truck. Every morning when I went out to go to work the neighbors cat was on the hood of my new truck. This cat had put several scratches on the hood and I was more than a little upset. I told the neighbor to keep his cat out of my yard. Well a couple days later there he was again on the hood of my truck. I went back inside and grabbed my 22 Marlin LR. I shot him off the hood of my truck. I threw him in the marsh behind my house. My mistake was telling my young nephew. He in turn told someone else and it ended up getting back to my neighbor. A few days later and I had the Sheriff knocking on my door. He asked if I shot a cat and I told him yes. I showed him the damage to my truck and told him I asked the neighbor to keep his cat out of my yard. He wanted to see the gun I shot the cat with and I showed him. He was going to take me to jail over this. I pretty much pleaded with him not to take me to jail and in the end he did let me off. I say also shoot shovel and shut up. I can't stress enough about not telling anyone. Dale
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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2008, 11:40:05 AM »
JESUS SAY FEED THE NEEDY GO OUT BUY SOME CAT FOOD YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2008, 12:23:44 PM »
JESUS SAY FEED THE NEEDY GO OUT BUY SOME CAT FOOD YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

I had rather feed the feral hogs. They'll eat anything. Even the meow. Besides, today I felt better twice. ;D
Oh, and by the way. What is cat food? The cats I'm catching are way too KOOL to eat cat food. Or anything else for that matter. ;D :-X
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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2008, 12:32:39 PM »

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JESUS SAY FEED THE NEEDY GO OUT BUY SOME CAT FOOD YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.


I had rather feed the feral hogs. They'll eat anything. Even the meow. Besides, today I felt better twice.
Oh, and by the way. What is cat food? The cats I'm catching are way too KOOL to eat cat food. Or anything else for that matter.      HA HA

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2008, 01:06:13 PM »
When I lived in New Mexico I kept my horses at a commercial stables.  A young woman brought out a bunch of kittens and turned them loose, claiming they would become mousers.  Several people had chickens out there that free roamed on the place, and we all shared in the eggs.  A couple of months after the young lady turned the kittens loose I started missing several hens.  I brought it up to the owner.  He laughed it off saying cats don't kill chickens.  Well, one day I went out and the owner cornered me.  Those D----d cats killed my Rooster.  I want them out of here but no body can catch them.  Do you think you can quietly get rid of them?   I took my Remington .22RF Pump out and left it in my tack/feed room.  .22CB Caps don't make much noise, and are very effective at close range.  Each time I shot one I would take it out and throw it in the wash behind the big barn.  It's like the cayotes were just waiting for it, the cat disappeared real quick.  After all the cats were gone, the young lady confronted the owner.  His only reply, Da--ed  Coyotes, they sure do like cats!.  Don't bring any more out here they will just go the way of the last ones.  He nor I ever mentioned it again.

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Re: The neighborhood pet cats and their endless supply of kittens
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2008, 01:33:38 PM »
The three Ss, are my creed on such matters. Seldom does talking to the owner of such varmints ever do anything but, to stir up hard feelings. I was just getting bored and was hoping for more creative ideas in taking care of the cat curse. My method though efficient, is at times redundantly boring.
I have over 50 years experience at such matters, but alas my methods are antiquaited. The cats do keep falling for them though. But so do the deer, hogs, coyotes, squirrel, no quail here anymore, not many rabbits either, but I'll bet I could still get them too. ;D
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2008, 02:12:41 PM »
3S method, all the way.  We don't have a problem at the house with cats due to dogs who like to eat furry critters.  On the huntin' property, there are two barn cats (one of which thinks it's a dog and comes when called, only cat in the world that I have a use for) who get a pass.  All others are shoot on sight and become coyote chow.

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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2008, 03:15:45 PM »
suggestions? sure....keep up the good work!   aguila makes the quitest bullets i have found and they do a cat in quite nicely.  i also use a live trap and have picked up a few elusive ones that way.   otherwise a window with the screen out of it that opens quitely works great.  ha ha ha ha ha

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« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2008, 04:00:27 PM »
Yea myron, my favorite is a live trap and a nice quite drive to the country. Dust to dust, as they say. The live trap has the advantage of working 24-7. It's always on the alert, so to speak. CB caps are mostly reserved for pecan stealing squirrels. My Jack Russell alerts me to those and he disposes of the body. Sort of. He hates squirrels and cats, but the cats (those that survive Huff) stay out of the half acre fenced area which is no man's land via the Jack Russell. Come to think of it, Huff hates everything except myself and my family. Oh well.  ;)
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« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2008, 04:22:16 PM »
I love a good cat story. :D

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« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2008, 06:31:45 PM »
I love a good cat story. :D

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« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2008, 06:35:02 PM »
i saw a "free  kittens" sign in my town today.  the thought crossed my mind that i could take them and avoid the inevidible b.s. that will come eventually; effectively 'cutting out the middleman' if you will.  the angel sitting on my shoulder must have been talking louder than the devil sitting on my other shoulder.  ha ha ha ha ha

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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2008, 07:24:21 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2008, 10:09:22 PM »
Please don't commit a felony, no cat is worth it.

Please don't feed the cats either.  Well fed cats kill for the sport, not for a meal.  Free ranging cats are the most worthless animals on the planet.

I have in the past humanly live trapped cats and turned them over to the human society and they will be legally (rehabilitated cat) destroyed if they are not addopted in time.  If they have information on them then the owners have to pay a fee for their cats trouble, sweet revenge.

Most cat owners would never think their sweet pet cats would hurt anything, but they are fooling themselves.  Outside cats are the biggest cause of wild bird, and small animal decimation then any other predator.  In most areas these people are breaking the law alloying their cats to roam free.  Lease laws are for all pets animals.

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« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2008, 05:00:10 AM »
yooper77, you are exactly right. Folks will many times trap cats and haul them to the country, and release them. I do too, well sort of. I usually yell pull first.
But anyway, these released PET CATS, will be feral in just a few weeks and will even kill baby raccoons and such. They will decimate a quail or squirrel population.
But on a lighter note, it is not a crime here to dispose of a feral, or free roaming cat, but it is still a good idea, to not advertise in your area, that you are.
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2008, 07:05:19 AM »
Going through the trouble of live trapping cats just to release them, doesn't help anything and is pointless

I turn them over to the human society, they put them into cages and check them for identification and will notify the owners which have to pay a fee or they euthanized them after a certain amount of time.  I call it sweet revenge or rehabilitation!

If there is truly a law that you can dispatch these cats legally, then that’s great.  I would exercise this legal right to the fullest.  I also agree don’t alert anyone on how you deal with these worthless pieces of claws and teeth, get the job done just be legal about it.

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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2008, 07:08:50 AM »
I trapped 41 cats out of my backyard.  I took them a few miles away, and released them in upscale neighboorhoods.  None returned as far as I could tell.
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« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2008, 09:49:26 AM »
I got tired of having cats in my yard killing all the Robins, Grouse, and Baby Bunnies.  I started shooting them.  Then after hearing a few people were trying to locate their animals I decided to let people know what was going on.  We have a lease law that pertains to Dogs and Cats.  Every Spring and Fall we have a meeting for our road service area.  It included my subdivision, and the three surrounding it.  At the meeting I handed out a notice about how I was tired of loose cats killing the wildlife in my yard.  From this point on any loose animals on my six acres, (We have two acre lots, and I bought the two lots on each side of mine.) Cats or Dogs, would be shot on sight.  This created a big outcry.  Most of the people agreed with me, and a few admitted they had already been doing that themselves.  I reminded the cat owners of the lease law, and said we had every right to protect the wildlife on our property.  Only seen one cat this summer, but a neighbor beat me to it.  It belonged to a new family that had just moved in.  They had been given a copy of the covenants for our subdivision which stated no loose running animals.  They came to my house looking for their cat.  I told them I had seen it but it ran away before I could get off a shot.  I reminded them about the lease law, and the covenants, the lady got mad and said cats could not be kept on a lease, they had to run loose.  I said then expect it to get shot.  They left in a huff.  I was telling a neighbor about them, he asked if it was a big Black and White?  Yes.  Forget about it?  OK.  Enough said.
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« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2008, 09:59:10 AM »
Hey Sourdough, years back there were barn cats all over my property killing little rabbits, game birds and anything else they could get their claws into....i did what I had to do as well, just kept it quiet.  The neighbor lady always told me her cats never left her property, or went hunting on my property...so when she came to ask me if I saw her big black and white, I told her that was impossible...since her cats never left her property.....she asked me again....did you shoot my cat...and i said again....no maam...I'm sure it was a wild cat...your cats do not leave home or hunt on my property, right? 
I didn't like the cats killing all those baby rabbits and birds....too many cats and things get out of balance.  I was just "cropping" them a bit.


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« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2008, 10:15:55 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2008, 11:11:51 AM »
More like vermin extermination.

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« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2008, 03:40:32 PM »
Kitty pot pie.

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« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2008, 04:09:47 PM »
Kitty pot pie.
I thought only the people in China ate cat. Don't get me wrong if I was real hungry I would eat one in a second. Dale
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