Cats in your garden? - call the Police!

[JeffH]

At last, a solution to neighbours' cats defacating in my vegetable beds and killing birds in my garden - it seems I may be able to get them charged with harrassment

Police in cat flap over wandering Tinkerbell - Telegraph

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls and Avocets)

[Billabong Karen]

I have elderly neighbours, delightful people, with a nice Golden Retriever and a house cat.

HOWEVER, they have a ghastly son and daughter-in-law, who have several children. And two dogs. And six Persian cats. To my horror, several years ago the son and his family and their animals moved in with my neighbours. They took no care at all of their pets, the dogs regularly escaped (the larger jumped the gate, the smaller tunnelled out) and ran around the neighbourhood. The cats were just all allowed to wander - mostly into my garden, where they defecated all over the place and killed birds. Persian cats need a lot of grooming and looking after, which they were not getting. Eventually they all became matted and disgusting, with their poo and urine soaked into their fur. They all looked terrible and sick. The bigger dog (English sheepdog) started to look worse and worse too.

In the end I called the animal protection people, and after several warnings the animals were taken away (they were allowed to keep the small dog). The animal shelter told me they had to shave several of the cats, they were in such a bad way.

Luckily the son and family have since moved away (fell out with their poor long suffering parents), and peace has descended once again. Why oh why do people have animals, if they arent prepared to look after them???

[davedotcom]

I wonder if the cat owner ever thought whether he'd be annoyed at another cat wandering around his garden and (although not mentioned in the arcticle) defacating in his garden?

Is it a waste of valuable police time? Possibly.

My Border Collie helps deter cats from the majority of the garden and I've never seen evidence of bird killings, but I have found faeces in the veggie patch. God help the cat if it has a pop at the frongs in the pond!

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Billabong Karen

Why oh why do people have animals, if they arent prepared to look after them?

Because they're 'animal lovers', or at least that's what they'll tell you!

Jim

[Kayleigh]

Without getting into a cat and mouse about this but the owners reaction is typical of a cat owners responsibility..Or lack of it..
I think I will let my dog wander round my neighbourhood and into the cat owners gardens to use the loo, after all, is that not what dogs do..

[muldonach]

Super Soaker pumped well up

Cheers
mac