>> take some legal bit of equipment with her like a walking stick

Cats hate water, a water pistol may be as effective.

Beware of nervous, short sighted witnesses reporting a gun to 999 and an Armed Response Team turning up!

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Edited by Avant on 08/08/2014 at 23:10

Agreed. I realise that Ordovices's post was tongue-in-cheek (at least I hope it was) but we don't want to suggest cruelty.

Bear in mind that 99.9999 recurring % of cats are harmless to humans. When we had cats, ours were harmless to all other species as well. They were so lazy that they were almost Franciscan in their philanthropic attitude to birds and rodents.

Edited by Avant on 08/08/2014 at 23:11

AVANT, could that post be removed immediately, as it proposes poisoning a living creature.

Not unlike driving a fossil fuel powered car then.

That's the sort of post I'd be tempted to report to the police,

Crack on then and report it.

which would result in the posters door being battered in

I reckon they'd try knocking first

regarding his assisting in a conspiracy to commit a crime

Proving conspiracy from a four word sentence would be a toughy.

You need to have a word with yourself.

This is from the RSPB web site:

Cats may take millions of birds every year, but from a conservation viewpoint, we need to consider whether this is causing bird populations to decline.

Edited by Ordovices on 09/08/2014 at 11:22

Thank you - futher input. My sister went to her GP and was patched up, using old fashioned iodine!, and given a tetanus jab. The next day her arm was sore and she had a dizzy turn and fainted and has two black eyes to add to the feline wounds. I don't think a walking stick or a ski pole would count as "Going prepared" - I hope

Thank you - futher input. My sister went to her GP and was patched up, using old fashioned iodine!, and given a tetanus jab. The next day her arm was sore and she had a dizzy turn and fainted and has two black eyes to add to the feline wounds. I don't think a walking stick or a ski pole would count as "Going prepared" - I hope

Hmmm- female dog walker-armed with a walking stick? Got to be an armed response unit call at least!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1064338/Police-co...l

A classic headline that doesn't tell the whole truth of the story!

No, not a cat lover, cat hater would be closer to the mark. A more useless and destructive pet would be difficult to imagine, and anyone who thinks that their cat is different doesn't understand nature's redness in tooth and claw.

The only domestic cats I like are the dead ones spread across the carriageway. But there again, it's only a personal opinion.

My point about the car is that poisoning is only a matter of timescale. I wonder if the same concern is shown for rats being poisoned as a pest control measure? Well that is how I see "domestic" cats, just another nuisance.

The only domestic cats I like are the dead ones spread across the carriageway

That is one of the most disgusting comments I have ever read on this forum. I would love to see what action could be taken against the writer. The anonimity of the internet allows such people to write such comments. The poster would never stand in a public place and say such a thing.

Cats are a hunting creature by nature, by killing birds and other small animals they are only doing what comes naturally. They have never been domesticated but live with man because it suits them.

Most domestic dogs have had the hunting instinct bread out of them. Over the ages dogs have been domesticated to work to mans advantage.

For the record we have a dog and 2 cats.

I hope the writer of the comment thinks about what he has written very carefully.

Or perhaps the write is a typical internet troll wanting people to react.

If they are it looks like they have succeeded.

Edited by Soichiro on 10/08/2014 at 22:41