Shoot wild cats?

[OulOat]

For:
Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds, according to state officials... While Smith expected criticism, he didn't expect venom spewed his way for what he considers a reasonable solution to an environmental problem created by irresponsible pet owners. People who get tired of their cats shouldn't be setting them loose in the country, he said.

Pro: State makes money from selling hunting licenses.
Con: Cat lovers sad.

Against:
The Humane Society of the United States called Smith's plan cruel and archaic... O'Donnell's plan is to trap wild cats, spay or neuter them, then release them. Their numbers decrease over time because they're not reproducing so rapidly, he said.

Pro: Cat lovers rejoice.
Con: State loses money from capturing, spaying or neutering cats.

Discuss

 

[Toastedlightly]

they are a ferrel species...

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
they are a ferrel species...

What's your point?

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
they are a ferrel species...

What's your point?

they destroy what is naturally there. I am for hunting them, but limit it somehow. I don't know how though.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

2-million wild cats? Thats a lot of cats to survive that harsh winter you Notherners have!

 

[mobobuff]

Birds need to stay in the skies and in trees.

 

[Siddhartha]

The cats are keeping your local rodent populatin in check.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
they are a ferrel species...

What's your point?

they destroy what is naturally there. I am for hunting them, but limit it somehow. I don't know how though.

I meant I never seen that word before "ferrel".
I shoot them when needed.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
they are a ferrel species...

What's your point?

they destroy what is naturally there. I am for hunting them, but limit it somehow. I don't know how though.

I meant I never seen that word before "ferrel".
I shoot them when needed.

oh, I learned it from Croc Hunter. It means non-native species that destroys the natural system. 🙂

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
they are a ferrel species...

What's your point?

they destroy what is naturally there. I am for hunting them, but limit it somehow. I don't know how though.

I meant I never seen that word before "ferrel".
I shoot them when needed.

oh, I learned it from Croc Hunter. It means non-native species that destroys the natural system. 🙂

You were close...
😉

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
The cats are keeping your local rodent populatin in check.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
The cats are keeping your local rodent populatin in check.

Thanks but we'll shoot them too.

 

[meltdown75]

they should allow it only for specific residents with extreme problems. i don't support a bunch of rednecks going on a state-wide cat cull, but it makes sense to pick a few off if they are causing that big of a problem.

 

[myusername]

GUMMO!!!

 

[Pocatello]

I'm doing my part, a cat ran in front of my car a couple of weeks ago.

 

[GroundZero]

shoot the birds for bait, to shoot the cats for bait, to shoot peta and all the rest of the wing-nuts out there.

j/k

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Pocatello
I'm doing my part, a cat ran in front of my car a couple of weeks ago.

:thumbsup:

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: OulOat
For:
Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds, according to state officials... While Smith expected criticism, he didn't expect venom spewed his way for what he considers a reasonable solution to an environmental problem created by irresponsible pet owners. People who get tired of their cats shouldn't be setting them loose in the country, he said.

Pro: State makes money from selling hunting licenses.
Con: Cat lovers sad.

Against:
The Humane Society of the United States called Smith's plan cruel and archaic... O'Donnell's plan is to trap wild cats, spay or neuter them, then release them. Their numbers decrease over time because they're not reproducing so rapidly, he said.

Pro: Cat lovers rejoice.
Con: State loses money from capturing, spaying or neutering cats.

I think a combination of the two would be best. State could allow hunters to hunt cats as long as they use non-lethal methods, spy or neuter them, and release! State gets money from hunting licenses, cat problem solved, innocent cats left unharmed.


Besides all that, why is it a problem that the wild cats are killing songbirds? since when is it the state's job to make sure sure one wild animal doesn't kill another wild animal?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

shoot them, but if only if you sell them to chinese restaurants to make my eggrolls

 

[Conky]

There is a feral cat that lives in my neighborhood. For a while he used our garden as his "cat box". Leaving the sprinkler running on low for a couple weeks straight forced it find a new place to poop. It's a fat mangy thing that my dog loves to bark at but can never catch. 🙁

I'd shoot the dang thing but with my luck I would end up in jail and on flipping CNN as a kitty killer, gosh! :laugh:

 

[klispic]

I definitely think that the lazy, worthless owners that don't take care of their pets need to be beaten

 

[Miramonti]

"You don't take on cats. It is one of the most popular companion animals in the world," said Ted O'Donnell of Madison, founder of Cat-Action and owner of five rescued cats. "Why would you propose an idea that would treat that relationship so callously?"

I love cats, but that's a rather ridiculous argument to what seems to be a very credible problem. Wild cats don't have a relationship with humans to be callous about, so symbolic arguments are irrelevant and not constructive.

 

[OulOat]

Maybe we should just feed cats to dogs. Then the dogs to bigger cats. Then the big cats to Asians. 😉