On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:54:39 +0000 (UTC), "Mike" wrote:




I know you think you're very funny, Mike but telling someone that is a
nasty
thing to do. It's untrue that cats are vermin and if someone believes you
and does poison a cat, they'll end up in serious trouble if caught.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)



I can assure you, there is nothing funny about cats crapping in the garden
and having to clear it up. As far as I am concerned, and I took this from
somewhere on the net, cats are vermin.

You probably posted it there :-)

Carpet Gripper strips on the top of
my gates and fences has done some good, but still not good enough.

Cats should be drowned at birth to rid us of this menace.

BYW, what are you responding to my threads for? Kill file me

BTW there's nothing funny about you posting the same thing about cats
over and over again, but if it stops you terrorising small furry
things, don't let me stop you :-)

I hope this helps. Are you Lord Selsdon??
Note that whilst "rabbits" appears twice in the list, cats don't and
polecats are specifically excluded.

http://www.parliament.the-stationery...t/31008w02.htm
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Vermin

Lord Selsdon asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which mammals and other animals are classified as
"vermin".[HL4559]

Lord Whitty: There is no definition of the term "vermin" in UK law. In
such a situation the Oxford Dictionary definition should be applied.

The Oxford Dictionary defines "vermin" as "Animals of a noxious or
objectionable kind. Originally applied to reptiles, stealthy, or
slinky animals, and various wild beasts; now, excluding in US and
Australia, almost entirely restricted to those animals or birds which
prey upon preserved game . . ."

The Small Ground Vermin Traps Order 1958 and the various Spring Traps
Approval Orders, refer to "small ground vermin". Neither the orders
nor the Pests Act 1954, under which they are made, define this term or
provide an exclusive list of species. However, the following animals
are listed under various orders: moles, grey squirrels, rabbits, mink,
stoats, weasels, rabbits, rats, and mice.

Traps approved under the Spring Traps Approval Order 1995 do not apply
to small ground vermin listed in Schedules 5 and 6 to the Wildlife and
Countryside Act 1981. This means that red squirrels, dormice, water
voles, shrews, hedgehogs, polecats and a number of other species are
excluded.