Why Can't We Have Ordinances to Control Cats? Please?

[ninabeast]

Reading this makes me glad our two cats are scared poopless of our chickens...

 

[sourland]

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Data please?

Some of the earliest studies on cat predation on native species were conducted in England where PET cats were monitored. I think that your supposition is proven wrong by these studies.

 

[RedDrgn]

I think that, in general, people need to control their animals (whatever animals fall within their realm of responsibility). I don't know where you are located or what you're local ordinances are, but we have ordinances against roaming animals and I've seen cats and dogs alike get picked up by animal control.

 

[woodmort]

My younger daughter lives in the country where they had a massive feral cat problem. She and her husband took it upon themselves to live-trap all the cats (over a dozen at last count) and take them to a local vet who spayed and neutered them for free They then returned them to the point where they were captured. This does two things: it prevents them from reproducing and, because they are territorial, keeps new cats from moving in. BTW, since they were feral there wasn't a lot of chance they'd be "tamed" enough for pets so this was the best solution. That being said my soft-headed SIL did keep a couple of kittens.

Also, one of the problems with having an ordinance to control cats is that cats can't read.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

I agree there are a lot of studies on the impact of household/owned domestic cats.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Dogs can't read either. That is what the human is for.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

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Data please?

Some of the earliest studies on cat predation on native species were conducted in England where PET cats were monitored. I think that your supposition is proven wrong by these studies.

Okay. I still say my cat couldn't catch a blind tortoise.

 

[woodmort]

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Must be you don't have cats. Have been owned by some of both species I can tell you that while cats can't really be controlled as well as dogs, dogs do a hellova lot more damage when not supervised. An adult chicken is more likely to die of some internal birth defect than be killed by a cat. On the other hand a whole flock can be destroyed in a manner of minutes by one licensed, well trained, family dog that just happened to get off-leash.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Well, i'm not sure my neighbors can read either, nor comprehend the english language. Had to chase their other cat out of my yard last night. All this after talking to them and then writing a stern letter asking them to keep their animals on their property and off mine.

i'm just soooooooo tired of dealing with this. Over a year now since they moved in and i must have chased their cats out of my yard about a million times.

 

[sunnysongbird]

I hate that wherever I try to put my chickens, cat's tend to ALWAYS find them!! Everywhere I go and bring chickens, it's always the same sadly. Man, I wish cat's could just give chicks a rest and eat..whatever else cats eat hahaha

Just stop buggin the chicks y'know