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fightingquaker13

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Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« on: March 20, 2010, 07:46:15 PM »
I'm throwing this topic out here largely because I'm bored, but also because its something I've gone back and forth on (kind of like my seemingly endless AR/AK debate ::)). Anyway the deal is this, do we shoot feral cats in the field, or let them be?
Pro:
They are non-natives, destructive of local wild life and present a clear and prent danger to the environment. Rational answer: shoot on sight in the field.
Con:
I like cats. Its one thing to say, they are a threat, another to unload two barells of 20 gauge 7 1/2s and watch a cat bleed out. Emotional answer: Don't shoot, figure we've screwed up the natural balance pretty badly as humans and no one's shooting us, so why shouldn't  I extend a hard working cat the same courtesy?
I'm (semi) torn, and would like your input.
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2010, 07:49:10 PM »
If I ever have the opportunity I'll exterminate them like any other pest. I don't let warm and fuzzzy feelings overcome my logical mind.
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2010, 08:41:24 PM »
if I know for sure they are feral, then yes I will shoot.  they are a none native pest
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 08:48:01 PM »
Feral cats are a big problem for me. They beat up on my barn cats, dig under my sheds to make a "litter" box, and various other atrocities .

Ruger 10/22 with Aguila SSS rounds will dispatch them  in a humane matter.
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 08:52:57 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on March 20, 2010, 07:49:10 PM
If I ever have the opportunity I'll exterminate them like any other pest. I don't let warm and fuzzzy feelings overcome my logical mind.

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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2010, 08:57:16 PM »
Shoot them.

My only regret was whacking them in a "Hav-a-Heart" trap. Too dangerous to shoot them in the yard or garage where they went - along with the 'coons - so I had to trap them then whack them. Didn't much like that, but the fact they were a cat didn't bother me much. The coons didn't bother me at all. All of them tore the heck out of my garage where the ranch cats lived which is why le morte was visited upon them.
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2010, 09:37:41 PM »
Anyone have a recipe?   :D :D :D
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2010, 09:46:07 PM »
Quote from: Solus on March 20, 2010, 09:37:41 PM
Anyone have a recipe?   :D :D :D

I hear they taste like Iguana ;D
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2010, 09:56:44 PM »
Any feral animal presenting a clear and present danger should be shot.  Two legged ones included.
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Re: Feral Cats, Shoot or Don't
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2010, 10:40:52 PM »
I have chickens, I'm with Fatman.
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