Where do I stand?

[sniffer 167]

Steal her earing aid

[Kay 3,709]

Jule is the stray cat an entire tom by any chance ? had a simmilar problem here with a male cat some yrs back & it was a bloody nuicence , the dam thing would attack my old cat & sprayed all over everything marking its territory, my lurcher used to see the thing off the garden

[speedlamper 0]

Steal her earing aid

:clapper:

[LDR 29]

Simoman is right, we had this at west alloment, standard letter sent out, when i rang the bloke he sais dont worry about it, its just the first point of contact, if they recieve another complaint, they will start to look at setting up recording equiptment in the womans house! They also told me that they would've advised the other party to keep a diary of when the noise occurs, so its prob an idea to do one of your own, they'll also ask other neighbours too if they investigate it, to see if anyone else has a problem with it!!! like i said have bruce for the night in your kitchen, the cats wont come back in in a hurry!!!!

[Malt 379]

I'm not 100% sure of the legality, maybe someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure I read somewhere, that if a stray cat comes onto your land, it's deemed your property, and your well within your rights to shoot it.

[Kay 3,709]

I'm not 100% sure of the legality, maybe someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure I read somewhere, that if a stray cat comes onto your land, it's deemed your property, and your well within your rights to shoot it.

 

but how would you know it had no owner ?

 

This does explain some stuff

 

http://www.cats.org.uk/catcare/leaflets/EG...tsandthelaw.pdf

[Malt 379]

I'm not 100% sure of the legality, maybe someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure I read somewhere, that if a stray cat comes onto your land, it's deemed your property, and your well within your rights to shoot it.

 

but how would you know it had no owner ?

In fact, I dont think it matters if the cat is stray or not. There was a thread on here somewhere a few months ago. Some lad was worried, as on one of his permissions, a cat had come through the hedge, and one of his lurchers had it. The owner of the cat, then threatened him with legal action. Someone looked it up, but like I say, I'm not 100% sure, but they posted that, whenever a cat comes onto your property, it becomes your property. (Ill probably get a load of abuse from cat owners now!)

[Kay 3,709]

I'm not 100% sure of the legality, maybe someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure I read somewhere, that if a stray cat comes onto your land, it's deemed your property, and your well within your rights to shoot it.

 

but how would you know it had no owner ?

In fact, I dont think it matters if the cat is stray or not. There was a thread on here somewhere a few months ago. Some lad was worried, as on one of his permissions, a cat had come through the hedge, and one of his lurchers had it. The owner of the cat, then threatened him with legal action. Someone looked it up, but like I say, I'm not 100% sure, but they posted that, whenever a cat comes onto your property, it becomes your property. (Ill probably get a load of abuse from cat owners now!)

 

Feral cats can be controled as i understand it

[Malt 379]

Interesting link there Kay. I noticed that it daid about it 'MAY be an offence to kill or injure a cat without lawful reason.' Would it be a lawful reason if the cat kept coming into the garden & antagonising the dogs?

[Kay 3,709]

Interesting link there Kay. I noticed that it daid about it 'MAY be an offence to kill or injure a cat without lawful reason.' Would it be a lawful reason if the cat kept coming into the garden & antagonising the dogs?

 

 

I am a cat owner but i think cat owners have a responsibility to make sure there animals are neutered, if they breed to sell then the animals are usually housed in runs out doors, but i think pet cat owners should neuter, it stops the fighting & straying, then you reduce the possibility off adding to numbers & cats going off there territory , trouble is cats are one of the few species that people can & sadly do collect & then when the numbers build up you get over crowding problems .

 

females giving birth to god knows how many litters & it goes on like that untill the silly buggers who encourage it cant cope then it becomes a problem to other people

[Tis TM 8]

Interesting link there Kay. I noticed that it daid about it 'MAY be an offence to kill or injure a cat without lawful reason.' Would it be a lawful reason if the cat kept coming into the garden & antagonising the dogs?

 

Surely it would be an accident *cough* if the cat came into your garden whilst your dogs were out playing........

[sue 1]

accidents happen

[poacherjim 0]

stray cats J ? One of our neighbours used to breed moggies, loads of them and every now and them a non-white person would call and there would be a few less, then it would start again, so you can just imagine the strays.

You know what I sent you after Xmas Not nice I know, but I'm afraid that is what I do. At the end off the day the cats are using your garden as a toilet.

Hope you get it sorted one way or another

 

Al

KILL THE CATS

[Simoman 110]

If you discharge a gun in your garden to shoot a cat I guarentee you will be prosected and if your lurcher catches one with the way things are not only will you probably be charged under the hunting act but also the new animal welfare act.......................

 

Try arguing in court that you were justified in killing a cat because, it made your dogs bark, the cat then turns out to be called Cuddles and belongs to a 10 year who lives ten doors away....because it made your dogs bark???? Get the picture

[Tis TM 8]

If you discharge a gun in your garden to shoot a cat I guarentee you will be prosected and if your lurcher catches one with the way things are not only will you probably be charged under the hunting act but also the new animal welfare act.......................

 

Try arguing in court that you were justified in killing a cat because, it made your dogs bark, the cat then turns out to be called Cuddles and belongs to a 10 year who lives ten doors away....because it made your dogs bark???? Get the picture

 

.... Yes I can see the implications surrounding those circumstances, but what if your dogs, genuinely are out in their own garden, and a cat wanders in, and the dogs do kill it?... accidently...