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Prtetty hypocritical of you to bitch and moan when your own precious
group gets "trolled" (your words) yet you invite those same people to
troll a poultry group just because someone there states an opinion you
do not share.  Typical RCPAer.

-L.

I have seen diddy post elsewhere. Did not know she had such
unreasonable hatred of cats. She does not sound stable. It is not
reasonable to believe all cats have rabies because of one incident.
However, it is sad to say there are certianly many people who are like
this here :( It is indeed a reason  to keep cats indoors.

I know of an individual who shoots cats as they cross his lawn so they
don't use it as a litter box. He told me with great delight what a crack
shot he was and how it was a humane way of killing them. This is a man
who adores his dogs. He mentioned that his neighbour was looking for the
cat he shot for 3 weeks.

Unfortunately, I don't know the exact address where he lives and I have
no solid proof, just his word. Otherwise the RSPCA and police would be
around his house so f*cking fast, he wouldn't be able to breathe.
Needless to say, I'm working on it.

B@stard.

Helen M

Christina Websell @ spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk

I'm not. Not after readihg the quote below. An experience like that w;ould
probably set ANYONE's mind against the particular animal.

This sounds more like she has something akin to a phobia of cats,
manifesting itself as an irrational hatred. Still, I have a certain sympathy
for her, losing her horse and a large amount of livestock to cat attacks.
Whether we like it or not, she is well within her rights (as I understand
them) to shoot a trespassing animal on her property. People kill foxes for
very similar reasons. Heck, any arachnid that dares show tis face in my
house is dead, too, which would no doubt upset arachniphiles.

Whilst I have a bit of a suspicion that the original message was actually a
troll for cat lovers reading the group, I am not going to go over there and
"start on her" even if it is genuine. For one thing, the folks on the
poultry board need to deal with it without a whole bunch of RPCA people
suddenly turning up with flamey posts (we just went throughour own invasion,
and it wasn't pleasant), and secondly, rather than getting angry about
people who are well within their rights to do something we don't approve of,
we should perhaps take this as something we, as cat lovers, need to address.
After all, they are our cats, and we have to take responsibility for their
actions, including the socially unacceptable ones.

Simply put, if you know your neihgbour is going to shoot your cat if your
cat gets onto your their property, then its up to *you* to ensure that
*your* cat doesn't trespass. Yelling at the neighbour, calling them insane
or a cat hater, or whatever else youwant to do to show your displeasure at
their actions isn't going to help your cat once it crosses the property
line. Your cat, your responsibility.

Yowie

All I can say is, I'm glad that I keep my cats indoors, and that I
don't live near that woman. If she doesn't want cats on her property,
she could throw water balloons at them  instead of shooting them.  My
brother kept cats off his property that way, and it was quite
effective. After a wetting or two, the cat learned not to come back,
but they were unharmed.

Melissa

You conveniently left this part out:

"I lost 30 birds last spring to cats. I lost 75 before that. ALL last
years
attempts were eaten by the neighbors cats. I finally got around that by
raising the young ones in my basement."

If she is losing that many chickens to cats, she has every right to
shoot them.  Just because YOU put a greater value on the life of a cat
than you do a bird, that's YOUR problem - not any one else's.

-L.

It horrifies me that anyone could shoot a cat for being what they
consider a nuisance.
That said, I don't know why the distinction of "American" came up.
There are icky people everywhere.

Sherry

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Please dont feed the trolls!