Quote Originally Posted by sgath92 View Post
This is why cat's shouldn't be allowed free range outside. All letting them out does is put smaller sized wild animals at risk. This could have been something threatened like an Indigo where every one in the wild is needed to help support the population.

Feral cats breed faster than dogs yet it's pretty unusual for laws & regulations to address them even in places where dogs must be restrained [leashes, invisible fencing, etc].

Yet most cat owners see this as blasphemy and think that their pets should be able to do whatever they want, wherever they want.
I agree whole heartedly. I have worked very hard on my flowerbeds around the house, and now there is another cat that feels the need to use it as a litterbox. It makes me furious. Not to mention when they spray, its nearly impossible to get rid of that god awful smell.

I can see barn cats allowed being loose, obviously, when on a farm, but thats about the only setting they should be allowed to roam. At the barn I board at, the barn cats are a joke, though. Everyone seems to bring some to the barn, and there is catfood EVERYWHERE left out, attracting racoons, foxes, skunks etc. The cats are fat and not interested in keeping the barn vermin free. The only ones that like to hunt , end up killing the wildlife they should leave alone.

Roaming cats in neighborhoods are a huge pet peeve of mine. Especially after I just got done weeding my flowerbeds and finding more "surprises". Just nasty !!! Wish I could deposit those surprises on the peoples doorsteps that let their cats out to roam !!

Anyway, it made me really happy to have at least saved ONE life from that dang cat ! Only hope the snake didn't have internal injuries...