I agree a judge may say something about shooting the caged animal, so shoot it while loose as it is trying to kill you chickens, that is a right afforded many animal owners anywhere regardless of city or town ordinance, most people have a right to defend themself or their animals with lethal force, regardless of "no shooting in town" regs. Also a long bow is not under powered nor is a person capable of hitting their target with one under trained, go try to shoot one once and you will see it takes a certain degree of proficiencey to hit the target with a long bow especailly a small possibly moving target. A long bow is more than capable of taking big game animals, I'm sure it will easily kill a stray cat. The very fact that the local humane officer allows this to happen is ridiculous and she should loose her job, and they certianly shouldn't fine you for using your own means of trapping/killing these cats if they will not provide the trap. The more requests/complaints you file the more it will work to your favor.
Also you may consider the old "squeaky wheel gets the grease" theory. Compain to the cops, the animal control, the town council etc, I would even start writing articles for the editorial section of the local news paper explaining the situation and the Animal control officer's refusal to help, the more people hear about the issue the more you will have on your side and the more likely the city will want to help so as not to look like a bunch of no good do nothings who won't enforce their own ordinances.
Also you may consider the old "squeaky wheel gets the grease" theory. Compain to the cops, the animal control, the town council etc, I would even start writing articles for the editorial section of the local news paper explaining the situation and the Animal control officer's refusal to help, the more people hear about the issue the more you will have on your side and the more likely the city will want to help so as not to look like a bunch of no good do nothings who won't enforce their own ordinances.
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