Is it unethical to kill a cat/other animal if it's in your garden?

[Meltingpot]

It's just no bloody use. There's nothing you can bloody do. Even if you chop off its head then more will appear in its place. Cat shit, cat shit, everywhere, thousands of shitting cats, shitting all over your things, climbing in your hair, shitting there, playing little tricks, leaving those cards from Royal Mail, ooh what's this, is it a present, I will go out of my way to collect it, oh, it is a parcel full of cat shit from Mr Cheeky Cat. There's nothing you can bloody do except go and live on a pirate ship and shoot at them with cannons.

Boy this post is funny :rofl: :rofl:

I sympathise with your problem Herbsman (I've had it myself and cat shit sucks, especially when you've got to cut the lawn) but no, you can't kill them.

 

[geminisnake]

You can't kill a cat, but you can kill a fox (which is wong, IMO they should be a protected species).

Incorrect floria, certain pest species can be shot but unless you have a) the correctly licensed suitable weapon and b) the landowners permission you are breaking the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

There is also the legal issues of discharging a firearm in a residential area, which I don't know much about what with being a rural dweller.

Stop being a grumpy git and buy some lion poo

 

[zenie]

You can't kill a cat, but you can kill a fox (which is wong, IMO they should be a protected species).

You could just learn to live with it, it's hardly the worst thing in the world.

Nah it's illegal unless they're hurting your livestock, worrying sheep etc. and even then you have to shoot a fox, I'm sure you're not allowed to poison it because of the food chain/contamination thing...

Cats cover their shit most of the time Foxes don't - where are they shitting?

 

[bluestreak]

you know what the best thing to do is? discourage it. what cats hate is being hit with a blast of water. so lie in wait, then turn the hose on it, or a supersoaker. after a few times it will learn. no dead cats, no-one here will have to battle you to the death, and no shit.

but you know what, why not chill the fuck out. animals shit. it';s what they do. you sound like one of those frith-mouthed middle-englanders demonstrating theirt secret loathing for the natural world because it doesn't do what they want.

 

[madzone]

Surely lion shit is just a bigger, stinkier, more expensive cat shit?

 

[madzone]

you know what the best thing to do is? discourage it. what cats hate is being hit with a blast of water. so lie in wait, then turn the hose on it, or a supersoaker. after a few times it will learn. no dead cats, no-one here will have to battle you to the death, and no shit.

but you know what, why not chill the fuck out. animals shit. it';s what they do. you sound like one of those frith-mouthed middle-englanders demonstrating theirt secret loathing for the natural world because it does do what they want.

^^^

What he said

 

[maomao]

I did a poo in someone's garden once.

 

[zoooo]

I actually can't believe this thread exists. What a fucking cunt.

 

[8ball]

I did a poo in someone's garden once.

It's only permissible to do that if you're either ill or REALLY drunk!!

Maybe one of those 'ultrasonic' things?

Failing that, just disembowel one cat and leave it strung up as a warning to the others.

 

[Herbsman.]

I actually can't believe this thread exists. What a fucking cunt.

Piss off then eh? If you don't like it, piss off somewhere else, perhaps you might find a site where there are only nice and pleasant things that you agree with.

 

[Orang Utan]

Fuck.

Ok.

Still, please don't kill any cats. Or rats, or foxes.

No, rats must be killed to death

 

[Herbsman.]

chill the fuck out. animals shit. it';s what they do.

NIMBY they don't!

 

[bluestreak]

exactly.

 

[Flavour]

herbsman i thought you were only 25% cunt, seems i was wrong

*puts herbsman cunt % estimate up to 80*

 

[Kripcat]

Take a photo of the offending excrement so we can decide for ourselves how big unfortunate it is and what an appropriate response is.

 

[zoooo]

Piss off then eh? If you don't like it, piss off somewhere else, perhaps you might find a site where there are only nice and pleasant things that you agree with.

What a fabulous comeback.

I admit, when the neighbourhood kids/dogs are making too much noise I might want to kill them, but I wouldn't actually need to make a thread on a forum to work out whether that's unethical or not. Of course it fucking is.

 

[Herbsman.]

What a fabulous comeback.

I admit, when the neighbourhood kids/dogs are making too much noise I might want to kill them, but I wouldn't actually need to make a thread on a forum to work out whether that's unethical or not. Of course it fucking is.

Yes dear.

 

[zoooo]

Glad we've got that sorted out.

 

[_angel_]

It's unlikely to be a cat as they bury their poo so as not to make it offensive. However like Bluestreak says you would be better off just throwing water at it if you catch it in your garden. Far more efficient. No killing anything.

Dogs are the only creature I've ever known to shit at random everywhere, isn't that more likely...

 

[Herbsman.]

It's unlikely to be a cat as they bury their poo so as not to make it offensive. However like Bluestreak says you would be better off just throwing water at it if you catch it in your garden. Far more efficient. No killing anything.

Dogs are the only creature I've ever known to shit at random everywhere, isn't that more likely...

i doubt it. I've witnessed cats shitting in my mum's garden many times and believe me they don't bury it.

I doubt that there are stray dogs wandering from garden to garden in my neighbourhood.

And I've already said I'm going to put chilli powder down (in fact I did that when I got home earlier) and pine cones, so, no I won't be killing anything today.

However (and this is not directed at you, _angel_) I may just start killing cats just to upset certain posters on this thread. I wonder if you guys actually enjoyed getting in a huff. I got some non-fatal cat deterrent ideas out of this thread. What did you guys get out of it? Something to get upset about, something to moan at? Was it fun, was it fulfilling?

 

[madzone]

However (and this is not directed at you, _angel_) I may just start killing cats just to upset certain posters on this thread. I wonder if you guys actually enjoyed getting in a huff. I got some non-fatal cat deterrent ideas out of this thread. What did you guys get out of it? Something to get upset about, something to moan at? Was it fun, was it fulfilling?

What response did you expect?

 

[tim]

Can't you put some sort of deterant down? I've seen lion poo sold in garden centres to keep animals out of gardens, no idea if it works though.

Yes, better the putrefying stinking shit of a large feline that you've paid good money for, than the putrefying stinking shit of a small feline that you get for free.

 

[tim]

You can't kill a cat, but you can kill a fox (which is wong, IMO they should be a protected species).

Why? They're hardly on the verge of extinction.

 

[geminisnake]

I got some non-fatal cat deterrent ideas out of this thread. What did you guys get out of it? Something to get upset about, something to moan at? Was it fun, was it fulfilling?

I got the distinct impression that you really need to calm the fuck down before you give yourself a fucking cardiac mate.

I dunno what's going on in your life but sometimes you are a really nice guy but an awful lot of the time you are sooooo wound up I'm amazed your heart hasn't burst yet

And before you have a go at me you ASKED what we got out of this thread

 

[Herbsman.]

What response did you expect?

I didn't expect a particular sort of response.

 

[Herbsman.]

herbsman i thought you were only 25% cunt, seems i was wrong

*puts herbsman cunt % estimate up to 80*

Woooo do I get a prize when I reach 100?

 

[Crispy]

If you can't see why it's wrong to kill someone else's cat, then you are a twat. No two ways about it.

 

[twistedAM]

What if your dog kills the neighbour's cat in your garden?
Nearly happened once but the cat got away with a radical new haircut.

Anyway, water pistols work quite well.

 

[Herbsman.]

If you can't see why it's wrong to kill someone else's cat, then you are a twat. No two ways about it.

It's not wrong, it is the correct thing to do.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's not wrong, it is the correct thing to do.

If you killed my cat, I'd hobble you