Proposal would allow hunters to shoot feral felines
A proposal that would allow hunters in Wisconsin to shoot and kill feral cats is causing, well, a hissy fit.
“It’s entirely cruel behavior to have an open season on cats. Just because a cat doesn’t have a collar doesn’t mean a cat has no owners,” said Jessica Frohman, community outreach and policy coordinator for Alley Cat Allies, a group which espouses no-kill methods of controlling wild felines.
Opposition is coming in “from all over the country ... surprise, shock, horror,” added Adam Bauknecht who along with others has put up a Wisconsin-based Web site calling attention to the issue.
The site — http://www.dontshootthecat.com — drew 35,000 hits on Monday alone and has received more than 800 e-mails since it was activated three days ago, Bauknecht told Reuters on Tuesday.
At issue is an advisory question that is among dozens to be aired in public debate next month at wildlife-related meetings in all of Wisconsin’s counties.
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress which conducts the sessions uses them to give advice to state regulators on such weighty matters as changing the date for applying for a bear hunting license to banning electronic decoys in turkey hunting.
An 'unprotected species'
The cat proposal, simply put, would reclassify free roaming, domestic feral cats as an “unprotected species” that could then be shot by anyone with a license to hunt small game. The rationale is that wild cats prey on songbirds in disproportionate numbers.
Not so, says Frohman of the Maryland-based Alley Cat group. Man is a far worse predator, she said, with skyscrapers and other man-made structures killing countless migrating wild birds in collisions each year.
The true solution to the country’s millions of feral city and country cats, she said, is to trap them, have them spayed or neutered and then released back into the wild. Killing them, she said, only causes colonies of existing cats to expand in size to take up the territory of those that have been eliminated.
what's next shooting runaway dogs?This is evolution,baby.Humans have come a long way
Proposal would allow hunters to shoot feral felines
A proposal that would allow hunters in Wisconsin to shoot and kill feral cats is causing, well, a hissy fit.
“It’s entirely cruel behavior to have an open season on cats. Just because a cat doesn’t have a collar doesn’t mean a cat has no owners,” said Jessica Frohman, community outreach and policy coordinator for Alley Cat Allies, a group which espouses no-kill methods of controlling wild felines.
Opposition is coming in “from all over the country ... surprise, shock, horror,” added Adam Bauknecht who along with others has put up a Wisconsin-based Web site calling attention to the issue.
The site — http://www.dontshootthecat.com — drew 35,000 hits on Monday alone and has received more than 800 e-mails since it was activated three days ago, Bauknecht told Reuters on Tuesday.
At issue is an advisory question that is among dozens to be aired in public debate next month at wildlife-related meetings in all of Wisconsin’s counties.
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress which conducts the sessions uses them to give advice to state regulators on such weighty matters as changing the date for applying for a bear hunting license to banning electronic decoys in turkey hunting.
An 'unprotected species' The cat proposal, simply put, would reclassify free roaming, domestic feral cats as an “unprotected species” that could then be shot by anyone with a license to hunt small game. The rationale is that wild cats prey on songbirds in disproportionate numbers.
Not so, says Frohman of the Maryland-based Alley Cat group. Man is a far worse predator, she said, with skyscrapers and other man-made structures killing countless migrating wild birds in collisions each year.
The true solution to the country’s millions of feral city and country cats, she said, is to trap them, have them spayed or neutered and then released back into the wild. Killing them, she said, only causes colonies of existing cats to expand in size to take up the territory of those that have been eliminated.
what's next shooting runaway dogs?This is evolution,baby.Humans have come a long way
Our race is probably more populated then some animals.
I say open hunting season on humans.
Proposal would allow hunters to shoot feral felines
A proposal that would allow hunters in Wisconsin to shoot and kill feral cats is causing, well, a hissy fit.
“It’s entirely cruel behavior to have an open season on cats. Just because a cat doesn’t have a collar doesn’t mean a cat has no owners,” said Jessica Frohman, community outreach and policy coordinator for Alley Cat Allies, a group which espouses no-kill methods of controlling wild felines.
Opposition is coming in “from all over the country ... surprise, shock, horror,” added Adam Bauknecht who along with others has put up a Wisconsin-based Web site calling attention to the issue.
The site — http://www.dontshootthecat.com — drew 35,000 hits on Monday alone and has received more than 800 e-mails since it was activated three days ago, Bauknecht told Reuters on Tuesday.
At issue is an advisory question that is among dozens to be aired in public debate next month at wildlife-related meetings in all of Wisconsin’s counties.
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress which conducts the sessions uses them to give advice to state regulators on such weighty matters as changing the date for applying for a bear hunting license to banning electronic decoys in turkey hunting.
An 'unprotected species' The cat proposal, simply put, would reclassify free roaming, domestic feral cats as an “unprotected species” that could then be shot by anyone with a license to hunt small game. The rationale is that wild cats prey on songbirds in disproportionate numbers.
Not so, says Frohman of the Maryland-based Alley Cat group. Man is a far worse predator, she said, with skyscrapers and other man-made structures killing countless migrating wild birds in collisions each year.
The true solution to the country’s millions of feral city and country cats, she said, is to trap them, have them spayed or neutered and then released back into the wild. Killing them, she said, only causes colonies of existing cats to expand in size to take up the territory of those that have been eliminated.
what's next shooting runaway dogs?This is evolution,baby.Humans have come a long way
Our race is probably more populated then some animals. I say open hunting season on humans.
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There is no reason why they can't set cruelty free wire caged style traps with some food in them to lure the cats into them, and then bring them to the humain society to either be sterilized and released or put down if there are too many or if they are ill. This would certainly save alot of innocent non-ferile cats who are pets belonging to people from getting accidently shot.
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cltaylor12 wrote:
There is no reason why they can't set cruelty free wire caged style traps with some food in them to lure the cats into them, and then bring them to the humain society to either be sterilized and released or put down if there are too many or if they are ill. This would certainly save alot of innocent non-ferile cats who are pets belonging to people from getting accidently shot.
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cltaylor12 wrote:
There is no reason why they can't set cruelty free wire caged style traps with some food in them to lure the cats into them, and then bring them to the humain society to either be sterilized and released or put down if there are too many or if they are ill. This would certainly save alot of innocent non-ferile cats who are pets belonging to people from getting accidently shot.
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Where's the sport in that?
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Green Habit wrote:
A biologist in Australia once told us that if she could push a button to destroy all the cats on the continent, she'd do it.
Yeah, cats are a huge problem here. Our native animals just don't have much defence against them; same goes with foxes. A lot of money and research has been poured into getting rid of them but it's like a drop in the ocean. They're too widespread. I'm mostly talking about feral cats here btw.
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cltaylor12 wrote:
There is no reason why they can't set cruelty free wire caged style traps with some food in them to lure the cats into them, and then bring them to the humain society to either be sterilized and released or put down if there are too many or if they are ill. This would certainly save alot of innocent non-ferile cats who are pets belonging to people from getting accidently shot.
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A lot of states/counties are pursuing that. As someone else said, the major obstacle is price. The biggest problem is irresponsible pet ownership. There are far too many cats breeding that never should, and guess what happens with these unwanted kittens? People need to listen to Bob Barker.
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To try and place a number on the amount of felines I have desposed of would be difficult, they are a pest but I have enjoyed dispatching them quite often, so they serve a purpose.
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I do prefer the cats over the dogs, but there can't be crazy felines running everywhere like they own the world... if a proposal that allows hunters to shoot cats is what it takes, then I say go for it.
I hate rednecks who kill cats, and I'd love to string anyone who intentionally kills kitties upside-down by their genitalia while hacking off their limbs.
I hate rednecks who kill cats, and I'd love to string anyone who intentionally kills kitties upside-down by their genitalia while hacking off their limbs.
ummm wisconsin isnt really redneck haven
had this been west virginia, your point would be justitfied
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Peeps wrote:
Misfitte wrote:
I hate rednecks who kill cats, and I'd love to string anyone who intentionally kills kitties upside-down by their genitalia while hacking off their limbs.
ummm wisconsin isnt really redneck haven
had this been west virginia, your point would be justitfied
I think she was talking about DBF.
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Misfitte wrote:
I hate rednecks who kill cats, and I'd love to string anyone who intentionally kills kitties upside-down by their genitalia while hacking off their limbs.
Yeah, because that would be so much more humane and sane than killing a stray cat.
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Misfitte wrote:
I hate rednecks who kill cats, and I'd love to string anyone who intentionally kills kitties upside-down by their genitalia while hacking off their limbs.
I'd hesitate to label myself as a redneck, but if the thought grants you some mild form of catharsis I won't object. I cannot understand how you would help me understand how my actions are inhumane by hanging me upside-down by my genitals and hacking off my limbs, this might be a tad extreme considering the method I employ is precise and quick, yours being tortuous...
Nevermind I see your point, I'll switch to hacking off the limbs of kittens and hanging them by their genitals, brilliant! (why hadnt I thought of this before???).
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