Boundaries are not as strong as they used to be. People do horrible things without consequences. They do it because they believe they will get away with it. The problem is lately they usually do. I myself am a huge animal lover and am concerned about what is happening to the animals around me. People don't understand that humans and animals are extremely alike. We see ourselves as better and believe it does not matter if we treat them poorly. Animals are in danger all around the world I am concerned about that to but i want to bring to peoples attention what s happening to the animals in your own towns.
Lately there has been a large problem with stray cats. The problem to me is they are not strays, they are owned. People just let their cats out to run all over the place. I know lots of people who don't see their cats for days. My cats don't go outside unless they are on a harness. Your cats should not be running around unless you live on a farm. People don't understand that letting your cat run all over is putting them in danger. You are letting your cats have a higher chance of getting hit by cars, killed by dogs, and eat stuff which could make them sick.
People are getting plain pissed right off. Everyday they go outside and some cat took a shit on their lawn or peed in their flowers. People are trying to put more pressure on the town but there are already laws against it. Your cat should be on a harness, it should also be licensed if outside. People are seriously overlooking the safety of their cats. My boss tells me the way they keep the cats from pissing in their flowers is they put orange peels in the flower beds. It sounds weird but it works for them . There are a lot more people taking a lot more serious actions.
Cat traps, ever heard of them? well they are different forms of either louring a cat to a trap or making it so that's the last visit to your yard that cat will make. I have heard of cages which i approve of as long as the cat goes to the pound or is found a home. I have seen large metal traps with bait placed inside the cat is loured in and the door closes. The cat should then be taken to the pound or found a home. I have heard of people killing the cats after they catch them or taking them far out of town and dumping them off.
The way of getting rid of cats that pisses me off the most though is antifreeze. People in my town put dishes of antifreeze out for the cats to drink. Antifreeze shuts down your kidneys causing an extremely slow and painful death. I had a dog who died of poisoning to the kidneys. The kidneys shut down, the animals loses all capability to keep food or drinks down. They begin shaking when they walk and have no capability of being aware of their surroundings. Even just a small thing of water will cause them to throw up and dry heave. Watching our dog suffer like that was hard thankfully we had the vet put him down. These cats don't usually get to be put down by vets, they suffer until they die.
There are also people who put out cat food with rat poison in it. Rat poison is also an extremely slow death. First off if your putting cat food out you are just louring them to kill them.
Peoples cats running around irritates me but that does not mean you have any right to kill them. There are small ways to get rid of cats that are a little far fetched like the orange peels. Using cages to capture the cats is fine as long as you are taking them to the pound or giving them a home. Letting your cat run around town means to me that you don't care if something happens to it. Antifreeze and rat poison is a slow and painful death and extremely CRUEL. If you own a cat please take responsibility for it and keep it at home. Don't kill other peoples cats take them to pounds and/or without a collar find them a home. Stand up in your community against these forms of animal cruelty, against all forms of animal cruelty.
