Someone shot my cat

[DeltaRed]

Our county is overrun with ferrel cats. The local humane society will not take them. Shooting the wild ones is the only way to control the population.Unfortunately,there is no way to diffentiate between wild and tame.I hate to shoot cats too. But sometimes that is the only recource.

 

[tractorguy2]

Sorry to hear about your cat. Can't believe some.of the replies. My neighbor has health problems and has four outside cats. Back in April one cat decided to move into my shop. He was in there for at least four days. I had no luck tring to catch him myself. So I got my live trap out and on the third try I got him. I took him out the side door so the neighbor wouldn't see. After making sure all my doors were closed. I opened the trap and the cat shot out like a bullet. I have not seen that cat in my yard since. Ive seen it in my neighbors front yard several times. There are better ways to deal with someone's pet than shooting it.

 

[DoubleO7]

As to all the "nasty" things cats do on other peoples property, does those individuals consider all the wild animals (racoons, squirrels, birds, occasional fox, deer, etc) that do the same on the property? Seems not.

You are faulting others and trying to "okay" free roaming cats by comparing an invasive predator species to what native wild animals do in THEIR environment?, really?

 

[RJKeith]

Exactly. Keep your animals at home, or they’re no longer your animals. To pretend your cat is the only one out of millions that doesn’t hunt rabbits or chickens is BS and everyone knows it. I have to deal with roaming cats non stop and have for decades, it pizzes me off people think its no big deal if their cat roams all over other peoples property, killing whatever they can catch. Take some responsibility for your pets.

My experience with cats and chickens is that cats leave the chickens alone unless the chickens are very young, then they need to be in a brooder.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Our county will provide a live trap to you to catch the cat. Then you call animal control and they take it away.
And then it gets neutered and returned to trapping location.

What good does that do? The cats aren't breeding chickens.

 

[Ultradog MN]

I don't know who or where, but one of my outdoor barn cats was shot a couple of days ago. SO found her in the hay bales. Took her to the vet. X-rays showed a shattered rear leg and the bullet. No saving the leg, so she is three-legged now. Still at the vet, but recovering. She is now an indoor cat.

A pox on those that shoot cats just for fun or target practice. This cat is fed and well cared for, as all our barn cats are. They do hunt, but not chickens, cows or rabbits. Field mice and voles are the favorite prey. zuhnc

I'm starting to believe that some here think cats have more authority to go snooping around my property than the sheriff and the CIA with a FISA warrant combined.
Or that cats get a special dispensation to go marauding that goats, dogs, pigs and cows do not.
Why is that?
I don't like cats and I don't want them on my property. I value one songbird - which cats slaughter millions (some say Billions) of each year - more than I value 50 cats.
If you let your cat outside and something bad happens to it, blame YOURSELF for letting it out and not those who happen to live near you.

 

[RedMF40]

What good does that do? The cats aren't breeding chickens.

It's an effective way of controlling feral cat populations. In many areas volunteers place traps and bring the cats in to be spayed or neutered so they can't reproduce. Once they're set free again there are often--but not always--people who look out for their welfare. Cats often find those people on their own.

 

[DoubleO7]

It's an effective way of controlling feral cat populations. In many areas volunteers place traps and bring the cats in to be spayed or neutered so they can't reproduce. Once they're set free again there are often--but not always--people who look out for their welfare. Cats often find those people on their own.

And the thought is if all new comers to the feral cat horde are also caught and neutered, they eventually die off without producing more feral cats.
At least the neuter and release is preventing that cat from reproducing. The more done the better.

But thanks to cityots that do not care enough to do the right thing, they too allow their "never do wrong nor wander" cats to roam free and breed like rats. And then take the kittens out to the country and dump them off at a farm.

 

[larbear]

Tough go round for the cat. Years ago now my son had a nice pup dog. As he matured he would roam a bit which ultimately became his undoing. One friday night I noticed he was sorry for himself and was hurting in his front paw. Monday went to the vet she said he'd been shot, tagged with bird shot actually. I've a good idea who tagged him. I understand if you don't want critters crossing your property and if I'm going to shoot something, I should shoot it. Don't half shoot it so someone ends up spending money on it. Kill it, it doesn't make it home, who knows what happened? Sounds like your barn cat was shot with a pellet or air rifle to have survived.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Many of you seem to be under the assumption that the cat was on someone else’s property. How do we know this? She was found at home in her own barn.
Not possible some kids walking around the woods (someone else’s woods) with a pellet gun, killing all the song birds the cats missed, and the cat was faultless?

Glad I’m not on trial for murder in front of this crowd.

 

[GChief]

It's just opinionated old folks on social media

 

[Texasmark]

I don't know who or where, but one of my outdoor barn cats was shot a couple of days ago. SO found her in the hay bales. Took her to the vet. X-rays showed a shattered rear leg and the bullet. No saving the leg, so she is three-legged now. Still at the vet, but recovering. She is now an indoor cat.

A pox on those that shoot cats just for fun or target practice. This cat is fed and well cared for, as all our barn cats are. They do hunt, but not chickens, cows or rabbits. Field mice and voles are the favorite prey. zuhnc

My granddad had a farm and I would go out there and target practice, being an urban boy. I had my shotgun loaded and lying on my bed at home ready to go but had to go somewhere first, leaving the house.

When I got home the dog had been shot in the rear leg (next door neighbor friend playing with the gun) and the floor had a shot pattern of fresh pellets and detents into the wood. Got her to the vet and fixed up. That dog did just fine on 3 legs and one saturday I went to a dog show/competition of some sort...forget.....and I got a base ball bat award for having the only 3 legged dog in the show.

Around here barn cats come and go. I am glad to see them and I don't bother them even though they sleep on my tractor seats and hoods and leave muddy paw imprints. Between that and Tom Kat mouse/rat killer I am pretty much rodent free with no wiring harnesses chewed up in my equipment.

 

[Texasmark]

I don't know who or where, but one of my outdoor barn cats was shot a couple of days ago. SO found her in the hay bales. Took her to the vet. X-rays showed a shattered rear leg and the bullet. No saving the leg, so she is three-legged now. Still at the vet, but recovering. She is now an indoor cat.

A pox on those that shoot cats just for fun or target practice. This cat is fed and well cared for, as all our barn cats are. They do hunt, but not chickens, cows or rabbits. Field mice and voles are the favorite prey. zuhnc

My granddad had a farm and I would go out there and target practice, being an urban boy. I had my shotgun loaded and lying on my bed at home ready to go but had to go somewhere first, leaving the house.

When I got home the dog had been shot in the rear leg (next door neighbor friend playing with the gun) and the floor had a shot pattern of fresh pellets and detents into the wood. Got her to the vet and fixed up. That dog did just fine on 3 legs and one saturday I went to a dog show/competition of some sort...forget.....and I got a base ball bat award for having the only 3 legged dog in the show.

Around here barn cats come and go. I am glad to see them and I don't bother them even though they sleep on my tractor seats and hoods and leave muddy paw imprints. Between that and Tom Kat mouse/rat killer I am pretty much rodent free with no wiring harnesses chewed up in my equipment, or a feed or fertilizer plastic sack spilling out the contents on the floor with a hole in the side of it.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Many of you seem to be under the assumption that the cat was on someone else’s property. How do we know this? She was found at home in her own barn.
Not possible some kids walking around the woods (someone else’s woods) with a pellet gun, killing all the song birds the cats missed, and the cat was faultless?

Glad I’m not on trial for murder in front of this crowd.

Murder trials are often decided on reasonable doubts.
Which doubt do you find more reasonable?
1- I doubt the cat went somewhere he wasn't welcome and got shot.

2 - I doubt someone came on the cat's home turf and shot him.

Maybe someone knows how to create a poll.

 

[Dingo3]

Many of you seem to be under the assumption that the cat was on someone else’s property. How do we know this? She was found at home in her own barn.
Not possible some kids walking around the woods (someone else’s woods) with a pellet gun, killing all the song birds the cats missed, and the cat was faultless?

Glad I’m not on trial for murder in front of this crowd.

Suspect arrested, claims self defense.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Murder trials are often decided on reasonable doubts.
Which doubt do you find more reasonable?
1- I doubt the cat went somewhere he wasn't welcome and got shot.

2 - I doubt someone came on the cat's home turf and shot him.

Maybe someone knows how to create a poll.

Doesn’t matter what “ sounds reasonable “ to me. I want convincing evidence if I’m called on to judge somebody.

It would be “reasonable” to assume that you would have shot the cat yourself, given the chance, since you have already proclaimed your dislike for cats. You’re biased. You have no idea of the guy’s layout regarding the neighborhood or the people in it. Yet you just want the anti-cat faction to win because you don’t like cats.

If you want “reasonable doubt “ you also have to be ready for “ reasonable contention “.


Start a poll? Where have you been? The poll has been going on since the beginning of this topic.

 

[DoubleO7]

Many of you seem to be under the assumption that the cat was on someone else’s property. How do we know this? She was found at home in her own barn.
Not possible some kids walking around the woods (someone else’s woods) with a pellet gun, killing all the song birds the cats missed, and the cat was faultless?

Glad I’m not on trial for murder in front of this crowd.

So?
Still a free roaming cat.
I doubt very much that the O.P. has cat proof perimeter of property fencing.

 

[Ultradog MN]

It would be “reasonable” to assume that you would have shot the cat yourself, given the chance, since you have already proclaimed you don't like cats.

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[Fritz Maurer]

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In all actuality, the cat probably was on someone else’s property and some **** ****** probably shot her. My issue is the flat denial that it could possibly happen the way I said it could, since we have had a handful of animals killed on our property since I was a kid… and this was in the sixties! The world is far more screwed up today 60 years later. That’s why I didn’t think- and still don’t- that it that much of a strain to the imagination that a trespasser can kill whatever he wants.

 

[Russ from MN]

I don't know who or where, but one of my outdoor barn cats was shot a couple of days ago. SO found her in the hay bales. Took her to the vet. X-rays showed a shattered rear leg and the bullet. No saving the leg, so she is three-legged now. Still at the vet, but recovering. She is now an indoor cat.

A pox on those that shoot cats just for fun or target practice. This cat is fed and well cared for, as all our barn cats are. They do hunt, but not chickens, cows or rabbits. Field mice and voles are the favorite prey. zuhnc

There is someone in S Dakota that shoots pets!