The campaign for responsible cat ownership

[Strix 11]

Originally posted by StarSparkle

You obviously can't bear not to have the last word.

 

I hope you are not muddling me up with Owdlad there, Star

[StarSparkle 10]

Originally posted by Strix

I hope you are not muddling me up with Owdlad there, Star

 

Yes, I was, Strix, and I have since corrected my mistake - but the principle holds.

 

StarSparkle

[Litha 10]

 

i think ive managed it, this is my very well loved cat Shesmu in the caravan at the seaside with us

[LottieWat 10]

Originally posted by Strix

Dogs are rounded up and terminated just for walking down the street unescorted

 

Dogs are rounded up and taken to the kennels where they are kept for 7 days, allowing the owners/carers time to contact the kennels to see if they have been taken there. Aftrer that the dog becomes the property of the council and theirs to "dispose of". It's not clear if this means to a rehoming centre or they put it down. Usually it means the former but I'm sure about that in Sheffield. So at least if your dog gets loose, you have a chance to get it back safe and sound regardless of where it has messed.

 

Yet, it's okay to shoot at, maim or kill somebody's much loved pet cat? I was dumbfounded last week to find that my housecat, who we sometimes allow into the yard on sunny days, had been shot in the chest during the one and only time that she had escaped over the wall. 1 cm further up and she simply never would have come back and I would never have known what had happened to her. As it is, she now has peice of lead lodged in her lung. It's not just the cats who suffer, you know, but the families who never get to know the fate of their pet and or to say goodbye. Those of you who would kill cats, would you trace the owners and return the body or just dump them?

 

So, I guess whilst there are those out there who believe it to be acceptable to shoot cats and even enjoy it, we cat owners must take responsibility and keep our pets indoors or risk losing them. Sad but true.

[Litha 10]

yes it is very sad but true, i used to think it wasnt nice keeping my cats inside but after i have lost them to never know what happened, exceot one and i found her dead it looked like she had been poisened i refuse to let this one out. i know he cries at the window but i know he is safer with me and i know whats happening to him.

i can not for love nor money understand the actions of so called human beings that could possibly harm an animal just for crapping on their gardens. your wrong you know it and you should be ashamed, more to the point arrested.

 

Litha

[brummy_tracy 10]

Is there not a law that stops people from shooting animals for fun?

Im sure the RSPCA might have a thing or two to say about it.

Which of you shooters can guarantee that the animal will not suffer?

A high pressure water pistol workes just as well and dosnt injure the cat, it will never come back again if it thinks its going to get soaked.

As for cats and fishponds, I have three cats and a pond with frogs and fish and not one has been touched by a cat.

They look but it involves getting wet to catch one, they dont like frogs wont even sniff at them.

[Strix 11]

Originally posted by Litha

 

i think ive managed it, this is my very well loved cat Shesmu in the caravan at the seaside with us

 

Was that shelf fitted specially Litha?

I've no idea why I hadn't already guessed what Shesmu would look like silly me

[beckyaa 10]

Originally posted by brummy_tracy

Is there not a law that stops people from shooting animals for fun?

Im sure the RSPCA might have a thing or two to say about it.

Which of you shooters can guarantee that the animal will not suffer?

 

I don't think many of the people who voted "where's my gun" are actually likely to carry this out... I can only speak for my self i suppose but I can't imagine killing a cat would be 'fun', and no-one has suggested they would do it for this reason, it would be because they can be a nuisance.

[Strix 11]

I'm so sorry to hear these tales of cat torture. I know people are as attached to their cats as dog owners are to their pets. It's painful when they're hurt.

 

I will admit to leaving the hosepipe connected up for despatching the varmints, but I've never set out to hurt a cat.

 

Some people can be downright nasty

[Strix 11]

Originally posted by beckyaa

I don't think many of the people who voted "where's my gun" are actually likely to carry this out...

 

I only included it because I was interested in the strength of feeling on the matter.

 

I wasn't expecting it to get as many votes as it has, but it tells us a lot

[tallyho 10]

Originally posted by JoePritchard

you can kill a cat with your car with little legal come-back;

 

WHO-HOO! Bart, to the catmobile.....

[JoeP 11]

Originally posted by tallyho

WHO-HOO! Bart, to the catmobile.....

 

Hello again, tallyho,

 

Looks like you just can't stay away from me.

 

First religion, now cats. Where will we encounter each other next?

 

Joe