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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
These cats are someone else's most prized little buddies. More loved than anything, anyone. Maybe a child crying every day for weeks because someone was cruel to their cat.
Some teens caught and had fun torturing my sisters cat. It was a nervous wreck for the rest of it's life. I offered to beat the sh it out of one of the teens but my sister said no. But I did have a talk with him and made him realise how close he came to getting a broken bones type beating.
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That's a terrible thing to do to any animal. And it was nice of your sister not to give you the green light to do that.
But here's where I'm gonna be all contrary.
If a child prizes a pet, then why let that pet outside to get attacked by other animals, run over by cars or abused by other humans? It's a big, scary world out there, and even though the cat might want to be outside, the owners should know how dangerous it can be for a small animal out there. And that's just part of being a responsible pet owner. The other part is not infringing on your neighbors' rights to enjoy their own property. And to not have your predator kill native songbirds, which reproduce at a FAR lower rate than cats (which breed like rabbits.) When I lived in Idaho, it was legal to poison animals that came onto your property. I don't know if it's still legal, but at the time, I was appalled by that. When I moved to a neighboring state, and started having trouble in my garden and at my bird feeder, I set traps (the humane kind), and transported the felines to a shelter. It was only three cats making all the trouble. And two of them were feral (by their worn appearance and general demeanor). No need to kill the critters, but also pet owners need to take responsibili8ty for their pets.