[Jeff Higgins]

Funny, I have returned far more stray animals to their owners than I have shot. I can sympathize with a responsible pet owner who's pet has somehow gotten out. It happens to everyone. If, however, it turns into a repeat offender in spite of bringing it back to its owner, and discussing the problem with its owner, it's dead. If it's a stray that keeps showing up and I can't identify its owner, it's dead. While I certainly do not enjoy killing things, I will just as certainly not pussyfoot around a problem for very long.

Sorry Jeff, but this way of definitively dealing with this problem does not make any of us some kind of twisted abuser of small animals as you would like to believe. Irresponsible owners like you are far more cruel, and allow for far more suffering of small animals than we do. How many squirrels, birds, and what not does your cat kill for fun while it is out and about? How many cats does your little tough guy tear up, often in their own yards? You seem to have a very naive view at best as to what your kitties do when they are out.