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The only problem I have with this thread is that around here, at least, we don't shoot anything unless it is a threat or we're gonna eat it. I doubt either were the case here.
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I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
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I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
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I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
Absolutely.
I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
Absolutely.
I believe in live and let live. The neighbor's cats don't bother me, and I would never shoot one. I think that sometimes people are too eager to pick up a gun and end a life. Obviously the OP is proud of killing the cat, or he would not have made a special topic here about it.
BTW, my cats were always indoor, though I don't have any currently.
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I believe in live and let live. The neighbor's cats don't bother me, and I would never shoot one. I think that sometimes people are too eager to pick up a gun and end a life. Obviously the OP is proud of killing the cat, or he would not have made a special topic here about it.
BTW, my cats were always indoor, though I don't have any currently.
No more so than any other poster in this forum writing about eliminating an undesirable pest. The fact that it was a cat does not make it any different from a coon, fox or opossum in my eyes.
I believe in live and let live. The neighbor's cats don't bother me, and I would never shoot one. I think that sometimes people are too eager to pick up a gun and end a life. Obviously the OP is proud of killing the cat, or he would not have made a special topic here about it.
No more so than any other poster in this forum writing about eliminating an undesirable pest. The fact that it was a cat does not make it any different from a coon, fox or opossum in my eyes.
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I've got many a feral cat in my live trap that I've dealt with along with the raccoons, possums, & foxes. I don't post pics of the cats like I have of the other predators due to the present of pink fuzzy bunny tree hugging vegans companion animal lovey dovey's who have never dealt with livestock massacres.
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I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
So what is a person to do? Wait until a predator maims or kills.
Cat used to lie around in front of my house every night. NOT MINE! Never saw it in the daytime. UNTIL! One day it tore the face off of one of my grandsons ducklings. If I had killed it before it did I guess, in your book there would have been no reason? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Edited to add: Bullets are cheaper than vet bills.
I call it preventative maintenance. My yard, my chicks, NOT my cat. No idea what the health or shot history is. Was it one of the cats the neighbors feed, or was it waiting for an opportunity to take a chick? I consider that a threat. I acted accordingly. Will do the same with the next one. Any cat running free impacts nature negatively. Where I come from it is encouraged to eliminate them.
I assume then, that if one of your chickens goes into your neighbor's yard they can dispatch it since it is a possible threat to their garden.
So what is a person to do? Wait until a predator maims or kills.
Cat used to lie around in front of my house every night. NOT MINE! Never saw it in the daytime. UNTIL! One day it tore the face off of one of my grandsons ducklings. If I had killed it before it did I guess, in your book there would have been no reason? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Edited to add: Bullets are cheaper than vet bills.
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Remind me never to come over to your place and watch the chickens while sitting on the wood pile.
I'll go back to hugging trees, eating granola and knitting sweaters from cruelty-free wool for my kitties now.
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