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Originally Posted by concretegurl  I have to ask how is a cat owner irresponsible for allowing their cat to be a cat?
A free roaming animal? I'm not sure about everywhere else but here if you harm a cat in your own yard you are in violation of the law...you may scare the animal out, pick it up and remove it, but not harm it as that is how the "free roaming" part of the law is interpreted...of course its also not the fault of someone who has a dog that would kill a free roaming invader...
but I personally would hope people would put in the effort to socialize their dogs (Yorkie to GD) to not be social aggressive dogs, and of course as I said before on here my Elvis flips out the neighborhood cats...but I correct him, we're working on it...via the effort I put in. |
All cat's lives are cut dramatically, half or more, when allowed to roam outside. The OP also said this cat was a TOM cat, which also means he was outside allowed to mate with all the feral cats in the neighborhood and beyond. Tom cats travel miles to mate, and get in dangerous cat fights in the process which causes terrible puncture wounds and death. I certainly don't mind a neighbor's cat on my property, but I find it difficult to believe a cat owner with a tom cat who by nature, roams,hunts, fights, and mates, can have their life snuffed out of them in an instant while the owner has no idea where he is, or where to look when it never comes home, being responsible. Most veterinarians recommend cats be confined to the house for their safety.