Feral Cats

[karl_20 0]

I'll bear that advice in mind with dogs

but thats where the law changes, you cant legally kill a dog on your land unless you can prove the dog is a threat to your livestock and this is normally after the damage is done

[macberran 2]

Too late for the dog then isn,t it ........all for a lamb , chicken or....... cat.

[undisputed 1,664]

Why would anybody in their right mind want to set a dog on ANY cat....sheer madness! :blink:

[ian 0]

they can be shot

[Jim Grant 4]

I have three gentled ex-feral cats around the place. They come and go using a cat flap. The dogs are used to them and leave them alone. On balance they do more good than harm. Certainly keep the Vole and mouse population in check. Young rabbit is always on their menu. The Pheasant population doesn't seem to be affected. They are worth the dry food I put out for them.

[undisputed 1,664]

I have three gentled ex-feral cats around the place. They come and go using a cat flap. The dogs are used to them and leave them alone. On balance they do more good than harm. Certainly keep the Vole and mouse population in check. Young rabbit is always on their menu. The Pheasant population doesn't seem to be affected. They are worth the dry food I put out for them.

 

 

when I lived in Crawfordjohn my two cats would bring rabbits and mice in to the house, often still alive on a regular basis, but they killed far more than they let live....funny thing was there never seemed to catch many birds. Since I moved back to a town 2yr ago they have caught very little in the way of pests....2 mice to date I think. They live happily among both of my lurchers. The point I suppose I'm trying to make is that they could have been considered feral when I lived in the village and had acres of ground to hunt I would have been very unhappy if someone had taken a shot at them or let their dogs lose.

Edited December 3, 2008 by undisputed