Australian Politics Forum - Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose

Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #15 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 9:51pm Life_goes_on wrote on Feb 28^th, 2012 at 8:18pm: Someone harm my cat that might have strayed out of my property and I find out who they are? That's the point where I pay a street kid to get into both them and their family's lives and generally f-ck it all up for them. Works for me.....
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53257 At my desk.	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #16 - May 29^th, 2013 at 8:10pm *This Topic was moved here from Environment* by freediver.**
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Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose
Reply #17 - May 30^th, 2013 at 7:04am

muso wrote on Feb 20^th, 2012 at 1:49pm:

Feral cats - of course. Pet cats - of course not. If you have a problem, see your council. They will usually catch it if it's in your property.

My local council no longer has anything to do with cats, although they used to.

All the laws have been changed in the past few years. the Council and Cat Care used to pick them up and euthanise them - that was in the days before microchips. Cats weren't allowed to wander.

Now it's the reverse - cats have all the freedom in the world and the only way Council will intervene is if you have proof that a neighbour's cat has killed two native birds. Then they'll issue a warning only.

I'm not sure which is the worst law actually.

My beautiful old tomcat was a victim of the first law in the days before microchipping - but now I've got all the neighbours cats hunting in my garden and there isn't a thing I can do about it unless I catch them in the act of a cull.

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Reply #18 - May 30^th, 2013 at 11:52am

Yes. Any stray cat should be fair game. Keep ‘em in you yard or in your house.

The best so far was 1 cat I scared the poo out of and it ran stright under a car – bumpity bump. And the mate followed up a week later, same thing, hissed at this cat – ran out on the road – bang. dam hilarious. Grin

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #19 - May 30^th, 2013 at 12:17pm yes ... i have no cats and yet I keep having to clean cat hair of my outdoor furniture ... some neighbour will come looking for their cat one day, and I'll give then a hairball.
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Reply #20 - May 30^th, 2013 at 12:19pm

It's hard to keep cats locked up and it's also cruel. If they're microchipped, desexed, looked after well with a couple of noisy bells on their collar - they can be controlled to a certain extent.

Since I adopted a stray a year ago - after years of not owning one, I've found she's very protective of the garden and drives other cats out.

I was against cats for a long time, but I wouldn't hurt them deliberately. Unfortunately many of them do end up as roadkill.

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St George of the Garden Gold Member Offline http://tinyurl.com/n 3o8m2x Posts: 9809 Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #21 - May 30^th, 2013 at 12:26pm I let my terrier bitch out at night to do her business—very often she rushes at the back and up to eight thumps indicate cats hitting the back fence. Cat owners take no responsibility for their damn cats! I would lay baits but my bitch would eat them. Keep your cat out my damn backyard!
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120832 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #22 - May 30^th, 2013 at 12:55pm You can't kill the pussy.
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Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose
Reply #23 - May 30^th, 2013 at 2:02pm

St George of the Garden wrote on May 30^th, 2013 at 12:26pm:

I let my terrier bitch out at night to do her business—very often she rushes at the back and up to eight thumps indicate cats hitting the back fence.

Cat owners take no responsibility for their damn cats! I would lay baits but my bitch would eat them. Keep your cat out my damn backyard!

Baiting any animal is very cruel. I couldn't do it. My dogs used to chase them out of the yard too, but since the last one died and hasn't been replaced - I've had a big problem with cats until I was talked into getting another feline.

There's nothing worse than finding a bundle of feathers under a tree, but that has finally stopped.

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St George of the Garden Gold Member Offline http://tinyurl.com/n 3o8m2x Posts: 9809 Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #24 - May 30^th, 2013 at 2:43pm Irresponsible pet owners don’t deserve their pets!
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1993Zebra New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 22 Queensland Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #25 - May 30^th, 2013 at 2:44pm I tell you what, if someone kills my cat, I won't hesitate to take them to court for animal slaughter. Another thing, you're already doing harm to nature by driving your car around, so perhaps you should go shoot yourself. Yeah?
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Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose
Reply #26 - May 30^th, 2013 at 2:56pm

Now, some people, or person I should say, think that cats should not be allowed to roam around outside and to keep them locked up.
I did a study in animal behaviour and there was a section covered about cats. If a cat does not get the chance to roam, their development process gets destroyed and more often than not, they have a lot of problems in their older years.
A cat that roams is a healthy cat, killing small animals is just an instinctive behaviour. Trying to get a cat to stop killing things is like telling a cheetah that it has to stop killing things.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120832 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose Reply #27 - May 30^th, 2013 at 2:58pm Who could hurt that pussy? - look at the loving eyes.
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Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose
Reply #28 - May 30^th, 2013 at 3:45pm

I wonder if anyone thinks a bit deeper than the obvious.

When we put "Operation Foxglove" into action in WA it did kill a lot of foxes and cats.

But no one was prepared for the resulting rabbit plague that followed.
I wonder just how much extra damage to flora was caused by the rabbits.
Anecdotally quite a lot.
So we have to be aware of unintended consequences

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Re: Should it be legal to kill pet cats on the loose
Reply #29 - May 30^th, 2013 at 3:49pm

miketrees wrote on May 30^th, 2013 at 3:45pm:

I wonder if anyone thinks a bit deeper than the obvious.

When we put "Operation Foxglove" into action in WA it did kill a lot of foxes and cats.

But no one was prepared for the resulting rabbit plague that followed.
I wonder just how much extra damage to flora was caused by the rabbits.
Anecdotally quite a lot.
So we have to be aware of unintended consequences

That's another good point, whether some people see it or not, cats are still apart of food chain. I know cats that prey on snakes. There used to be a lot of snakes where I lived and now I don't see all that many. The same goes with mice.

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