*&^% cats!

[DaNinja]

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I have zero tolerance for roaming cats. I don't leg my dog crap in other peoples yards and I don't tolerate cats in my yard digging up the gardens and pi$$ing on the car tires. I have used mouse traps, mothballs, repellents, set the dog after them etc but they kept coming back.

I then contacted the local animal control dept and they offered a live trap I borrowed. I set it each evening, caught a cat then dropped it off at the animal control office on my way to work in the morning. After several days that cats were gone. IF the owner were to claim the cat it cost them $40 and I could catch it again

I just had this conversation with my neighbor. I have three live traps set up around the property here in Texas. I didn't care about the paw prints on the vehicles, but when I found claw marks across the hood of the newly painted Olds, I had to draw the line.

I delivered three to animal control last week, although once I removed the lone female, it has slowed down dramatically.
I had a week last year where twenty ferrel or "free range" cats were brought to animal control.

Sorry cat owners, but my dog couldn't roam the neighborhood and camp out on your car or boat. Your cat doesn't get a pass.

I seem to attract stray animals (and neglected kids) and I have gone out of my way to return strays to their homes if they have a collar and tag.
I had a stray dog here a year ago that had an expired rabies tag from Colorado. I called the vet office there and found out the family had just been transferred here to Fort Hood, Texas and they were walking distance away. They were happy to see their pup.

Sorry if your cat or little dog ends up in the trap without ID. They can be found at Animal Control.

 

[NSBCraig]

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My old cover was a cat hammock till they wreaked it!

Why people don't know or care about feral and owned cats running wild I'll never know.

 

[mommicked]

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Years ago a Tomcat began scent marking our front door.Large wooded area Out back.We had 2 (indoors only), spayed, female cats.They liked to lay in the windowsills when the windows were open.One night the tom jumped on the screen fighting Sasha and tearing up the screen before I could stop them.That was it.He proved to be very elusive as I had been looking for him for weeks already.He would spray the door late at night.One day I saw him slinking up and got my wristrocket slingshot w a 50 cal. musketball.hit broadside a 12 yrds,amidship,his nose touched his A#$ and he bolted after he rolled.I never saw him again and no more cats pissin on my front door!Marbles work well too and its pretty quiet compared to a gun.

 

[DaNinja]

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Even in a town of 125K, Animal Control and I are on first name basis.

 

[mommicked]

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Daninja,My friend(previous reply) called A.C. and they were no help at all.he lived in the county and they had no way to control all the feral cats.He saw A woman dumping kittens and trash/food near his house more than once.he identified her and told the county.they had a hearing and she denied everything.A woman from the county actually mentioned trapping and sterilizing them for re-release as they could not be adopted,?!&#*@~. He was forced to protect his property legally and he did.he didnt use any traps.the cats were invading barns,sheds even the crawlspace of his M.H.trying to stay warm.Visiting one day we chased 4 into a conc.pipe under the road,75' or so of 24" rcp,He said watch this, knelt down and poked the birdshot up the pipe!NowThat was a cat race!9 cats shot like rockets out the other end.I didnt know they could run that fast!!it took a while but he and his neighbors made a difference.no problems lately.The catwoman was sighted for dumping after a deputy caught her dumping rotten food at an abandoned house/farm w 100s of cats 1/2 mi.or so from my buddies place.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I've had my run in with many cats. The ASPCA was happy at first that I was bringing the cats to them. What they wasn't aware of was that I also trap them at the 9 fast food stores I service. Then at my property that seems to be a drop off for a cats paradise. After filling their cages several times, they wasn't so happy when I would show up at their doors. I sure think they were just turning them loose again.

I don't like having to shoot them, but when cats overtake an area, the wildlife dwindles. Birds, rabbits, squirrls, and wild turkeys. Yes, I saw a group of cats take down a large tom. I will not take down a cat if it has a collar on in as they are usually fixed.

I wish cats would be licensed just like dogs. Dogs did roam before man invented the leash and the law. Of course dogs are bigger and pose to be more dangerous. However cats can inflict more serious wounds than a dog due to the bacteria in their mouth and claws. Its not called "Cat Scratch Fever" for nothing.