American state may legalise hunting domestic cats! - Page 3

Bagpuss · 12-03-2005, 23:09

Agreed Willow cats may have a use and they are a friend to their owners but the problem is that when they are let out to play they sometimes become a problem for other people.

MichiganRed · 13-03-2005, 06:01

The timing on this story is almost too good to be true. The cat lovers among us should enjoy this and perhaps those of the opposite persuasion can at least appreciate the irony. The following item is from the Fox News website.

Michigan Cat Shoots Owner

BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment

But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

State police said Stanton was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.

stanerlee · 13-03-2005, 09:20

see you cat killers......

i want to come to your gardens and dig them up and s*** and P*** on them and then get your heads and rub it in there.

ther is no need to kill the cats. by the way chav i don't think you'd be stopping me from s******* on your garden.

chav1 · 13-03-2005, 18:06

lol

American state may lega...13-03-2005 09:15cat killer

prove it

West Ender · 13-03-2005, 20:00

I saw that story about the man who was shot by his cat. I don't believe a word of it. I think he shot himself, by accident, or his wife did it and he's too embarrassed to admit it. Surely, if by some freak chance the trigger were activated when the gun fell, he would have been shot in the foot or leg? "Lower torso" says to me that he was cleaning it while it (or he) was loaded or he'd been playing away and his wife got her aim right.

chav1 · 13-03-2005, 21:22

this kitty was found deliberatly messing in peoples yards then shooting his victims when they went to clean the foul creatures mess

rover until yesterday the prime suspect in these murders was quoted as saying

" i always maintaned my innocence throught my interigation but never would have thought kitty was behind them i thought our differences were behind us "

chav1 · 13-03-2005, 21:28

for anyone that is actualy going to take action in eliminating cats that crap in their yards please follow the correct procedure for the removal of dead annimals or the council will not remove them

please see photo below for correct procedure

hope this helps

Less · 13-03-2005, 23:00

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please see photo below for correct procedure

You don't say wether they should put it out with their wheelie bin or if it can go with the blue box for re-cycling.

chav1 · 13-03-2005, 23:50

actualy i think they get collected seperatly and distributed amongst accys finest curry houses

janet · 14-03-2005, 11:19

I would chuck it on the compose heap myself.Just think of all those big juicey worms.Ideal for the fishing.

Less · 14-03-2005, 12:05

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Originally Posted by janet

I would chuck it on the compose heap myself.Just think of all those big juicey worms.Ideal for the fishing.

Cut out the middle man just stick it on the hook.

Doug · 14-03-2005, 12:10

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Originally Posted by Less

Cut out the middle man just stick it on the hook.

Brilliant idea Less, specially if your after Catfish.

Tealeaf · 14-03-2005, 13:58

I know that many of you on here live in the traditional Accy 2up/2 down terraced house and are as such are well used to the endless parade of ferral cat vermin on your backyard walls.Some of these animals may well pocess a domestic collar, their owners under the somewhat farsical fantasy that these flea-spreading, pi**ing, sh*ting, bird exterminating machines are some sort of domesticated animal. Others do not, simply living wild and interbreeding with their Whiskas-pampered cousins.

If, like me, you are unavailable most of the day to blast these little monsters away with a good .22 air rifle, may I recommend a cheap wire snare? For the cost of a few pence and 5 minutes of your time you should have no difficulty in rigging up one of these simple contraptions on your backyard wall.The good thing about them is that once the cat gets it's head entangled in the wire noose it usually panics and slips off the wall, usually slowly choking on the end of the wire. At the end of a busy day at work, it's simply a case of popping outside and cutting the wire, with said dead cat dropping into black bin liner for disposal. It should take no more than a minute to knot your new noose and attach to the top of the wall.

Simple, but effective.

MichiganRed · 14-03-2005, 14:52

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Originally Posted by West Ender

Surley, if by some freak chance the trigger were activated when the gun fell, he would have been shot in the foot or leg?

The trigger wouldn't need to be cycled, and it's highly unlikely that it was. A sharp blow to the hammer, caused by its impact with the floor, would be enough to discharge the round in the chamber. This would also tend to explain the location of the injury.

Bagpuss · 14-03-2005, 21:08

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I know that many of you on here live in the traditional Accy 2up/2 down terraced house and are as such are well used to the endless parade of ferral cat vermin on your backyard walls.Some of these animals may well pocess a domestic collar, their owners under the somewhat farsical fantasy that these flea-spreading, pi**ing, sh*ting, bird exterminating machines are some sort of domesticated animal. Others do not, simply living wild and interbreeding with their Whiskas-pampered cousins.

If, like me, you are unavailable most of the day to blast these little monsters away with a good .22 air rifle, may I recommend a cheap wire snare? For the cost of a few pence and 5 minutes of your time you should have no difficulty in rigging up one of these simple contraptions on your backyard wall.The good thing about them is that once the cat gets it's head entangled in the wire noose it usually panics and slips off the wall, usually slowly choking on the end of the wire. At the end of a busy day at work, it's simply a case of popping outside and cutting the wire, with said dead cat dropping into black bin liner for disposal. It should take no more than a minute to knot your new noose and attach to the top of the wall.

Simple, but effective.

Oh yes, could we have a diagram to work off please, although I'm having fun with my paintball gun your solution does have the final say.