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We have several farms around us that will adopt a cat we dump off there. They feed them some and the rest of their feed comes from hunting vermin on the farmers property.
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If the animal is on your property and it is not supposed to be then it is not cruel to kill it, in my opinion. My birds are the same as my bogs, and are looked at like family the same as my wife and kids which mean I will protect them from any threat. Having issues with them in the past is the reason they die on my property. I give them a chance to stay off the property if not that's there choice. It doesn't make me cruel it makes me not weak hearted. What's cruel is letting a animal you have takin responsibility for die because of negligenceCats don't normally bother adult chickens unless they are very hungry. Personally I have a cat who will hunt and kill just about anything, including rabbits her own size. But she won't touch the chickens.
I think some of y'all on here are cruel, saying that it's okay to shoot the cat. It's not.
In my opinion, the only reason OP should kill a cat is if they have recently lost chickens to a predator, and see the cat hanging around the chickens. In that case I would set the trap and take cat to animal control, who would then take care of it however seen fit. Normally cats in my county are not killed. They even rehome ferals quite often as barn cats after they get fixed.
If, and only if, I couldn't catch the cat I would kill it. Trust me, I have had to shoot a cat before.. but that was AFTER trying to catch it first.
Please listen to me, Rod.. That cat has a life too. You have no idea it's reason for being where it was. It could have just been drawn to your trap bait, uninterested in your chickens completely. I would hate to think a life was ended for no reason. I would take it to animal control.