Shooting Feral Cats A Felony ????

[Thumper]

5) kills, seriously injures, or administers poison to an animal, other than cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or goats,
belonging to another without legal authority or the owner's
effective consent; .

If its a feral cat there is not an owner so where is the crime/felony for shooting this cat ????.

[Higee]

Reminds me of a shirt i saw on time that made me laugh.

Cat, the other white meat.

Thats how i Read it also Thumper, it doesn't meet the animal criteria since its not domesticated.

[Swat791]

Feral cats are a big problem since they do kill fun...
This cruelty law was just another stupid law that the anti-hunting groups got passed!

If we don't look out there will be more changes like this and hunting will be outlawed as well. Then our ecosystem will become a mess!

The cruelty law is a good law to have to protect pets being harmed by neighbors, dog fighting, cock fighting, etc. However there was not considerable thought put into it when it comes to feral animals and the effect they have on native/natural wildlife.

I think the guy can beat the charge if he shows the cat(s) were true feral cats. Then the courts need to go after the nim-wad that has released them back to the wild after neutering and spaying them...looks to me that she took responsibility for them when she paid the first vet bill. Now she is abandoning them...that's a cruelty to animals charge.

[ZZ Pops]

...the courts need to go after the nim-wad that has released them back to the wild after neutering and spaying them...looks to me that she took responsibility for them when she paid the first vet bill. Now she is abandoning them...that's a cruelty to animals charge.

You said it, Swat! This is just another case of a well-meaning, but poorly thought-out law. Kinda' makes me wonder what the heck is going on during the legislative session!?!

[Rattler]

I bet they would make excellent shark bait?

YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!!! I have heard that though!

[Epack]

there hell on the young turkeys and quail.

[Bloodhound]

Cats (both domestic and feral) kill an estimated 1 billion small animals in America every year. This includes birds, mammals, reptiles, and even endangered species.

I heard about a state up north that was considering allowing the hunting of feral cats. Unfortunately I don't remember which state or whether it actually became law. It may have been Michigan or a nearby state.

I don't see how this guy can be convicted since there is no owner of a feral cat and he didn't torture them.

The Richardson woman is helping with the feral cat probelm by spaying the rodents, but she shouldn't feed them. She apparently has no love for all the small animals that her cats kill. She has really crossed the line by reporting this guy & getting him arrested.

Studies have shown that feeding feral cats does not reduce their depredation of wildlife. It actually strengthens the cats and makes them more effective at hunting.

Conservation groups should band together and try to get laws passed that permit the hunting and trapping of feral cats. We need to be on the offensive on all these types of issues. The more we keep the Antis on the defensive, the less we'll have to defend against their meddling.

[TXJon]

The northern state is Wisconsin, and I think what they did is allow the shooting of feral cats during deer season. It caused a real fuss a few years ago, which led me to check out TPWD's thoughts on the the subject. I could just about swear I read on their website that they recommended killing feral cats, but I can't find it again....

[kornsqueezer]

Swat sumed it up really good. The Lady in queston should be arrested on animal abandment.

[LostHawg]

Feral cats can carry rabies and other disease. They are not tended to. Therefore, they put my children at risk; in danger. The law Mary or Dena mentioned the other day protects us against prosecution in such instances if I understand it correctly.

Last spring I set out live traps and captured 7 feral cats that I took to the pound. Meanest cusses ya ever saw. I almost decided to save the gas for the drive over. There's a big bobbed tail black and white tom cat living in the brush a hundred yards or so out behind my house I've been considering. Somehow he knows to keep his distance. Who knows? Maybe my tom cat kicked his butt and now he's skeered.

In all my 43 years there's only been one cat that I've ever really cared for. This kitten came up to the house when he was just barely bigger than my hand. Has 7 toes on each of his front paws. We'd come home from church one day and he was in the yard. Walked right up to my wife and started purring. Hasn't ever been far from the door since. He stays outside and keeps the little critters out. So what if he takes a mockingbird, dove, sparrow or two. That's how he was designed; a HUNTER. But, a feral or stray cat? Well, there's only been one cat that I've ever really cared for in my 43 years... --SSS--