In message , Alan Holmes
wrote


You, clearly, have never had a cat,

You don't have to keep a cat to be on the receiving of their habits or
be a victim of the damage they do to a garden.

or you would discover what has been
said, you cannot keep them shut away like you can a dog,

The owner has to take responsibility to provide an adequate home so they
don't need to go into other peoples gardens to have a shit.

With pet ownership there is a responsibly that property should be large
enough for the animal being kept. If owners cannot provide for the
needs of their own cat on their own property they are an unfit person
to keep this kind of pet.

cats are, by
nature, animals which roam.

A responsible person would not keep an animal that they cannot control.
If the owner then attempts to excuse his own behaviour by saying that
their pet needs to roam uncontrolled then I have to ask what should be
classed as the vermin - the uncontrolled cat or the irresponsible and
antisocial owner of the beast?

I find it strange that some seemly intelligent people understand that
their cat needs a large territory and then object to drastic measures by
others to control the animal solely because of the cat owners negligence
in not providing an adequate environment for their choice of animal to
keep.

--
Alan
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