Cat lovers fear Ill. town plan would include pets (round up stray cats and euthanize)

Cat lovers fear Ill. town plan would include pets


LACON, Ill. (AP) -- Plans in the north-central Illinois town of Lacon (LAY'-kun) to round up stray cats and euthanize the animals have raised the hackles of local cat lovers.

Mayor Bob Weber says the city is considering an ordinance that would require that cats who aren't carrying a tag or something else that marks them as a pet to be euthanized. The ordinance comes after complaints from some residents.

Council member Les Hattan said at a Monday meeting that he's among those who complain. His wife doesn't like cats getting into her flower beds.

But animal lovers like Sherri Coghill fear that some pets will be caught and killed, too.

No decision has been made on the ordinance. Lacon is about 30 miles north of Peoria.

http://www.wbbm780.com/Cat-lovers-fear-Ill--town-plan-would-include-pets/7030923

I've been waiting a long time to say that germanely. :D

I mean, get a life.

then no worries, right?

n/t

I know of two this has happened two. I also had a cat go missing for two weeks and come home without her collar; she probably was trapped somewhere.

But a solution to the feral cat problem isn't necessary just because someone doesn't want "cats in her flower beds". Feral cats carry disease that can infect pets and people too. They are a threat to birds and many live in pain and die of exposure or attack by wild animals.

The way to solve the problem is by Trap/Neuter/Release programs. Sadly, the reason these programs sometimes fail is that "cat lovers" continue to feed cats while communities try to run these programs. I watched as the hopes of volunteers were dashed and a kill program was instituted after people would not comply with the no feed rule. These same folks insisted that they were the "good guys" and that they could not stop feeding because they loved the cats even though they had helped to create the problem.

My neighborhood has a successful program. A terrible problem became a boon to the community. It took lots of good people to donate their time and effort but all of our ferals are vaccinated, neutered and notched. They have a great life, shelter and a feeding station and we have no mice.

The solution is and always has been in the hands of people who love animals but they have to act and not react.

CATS DON'T BELONG OUTDOORS.

there is NO sucessful TNR program. You may think it is, but it is devasting the local wildlife.

If fact there is a very successful program in Harmon Cove in the Meadowlands in New Jersey right now. Perhaps the people where you live are all like you and just don't want to make the effort and would prefer to kill as many cats as possible.

There are still feral cats out there - which is the PROBLEM.

population and then nature takes care of the rest. I have seen feral communities of many hundred cats (soon to explode into thousands) be reduced to between thirty to forty cats and since some of those were older their populations are expected to decrease even more in short order.

Why you would prefer to achieve the same results by slaughtering these animals I have no idea. It takes a special kind of person to get so much apparent delight in killing animals.

While there are people like you spreading lies about how to control non indigenous populations and insisting massive killing is the only way, then people will take the cheap and easy way out.

Try looking at the spay & release initiative from other perspectives before you claim it has done "nothing to help the local environment."

I have cats , flower beds AND birds , all outdoors

Imagine that

Guess the economy's not as bad as I thought, if this is what keeps people up at night. I would hope stray dogs also get euthanized, then--fair is fair.

Some summers their population seems to get pretty high, but Montana winters are just too rough for little cats.

If I owned a dog or cat I would buy it a collar.

Outdoor cats, even ones fed, kill billions of birds and other native wildlife.

The only good outdoor cat is a dead one.

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Cats are rampent reproducers and not kept in check will multiply like crazy. I mean it's not like someone is putting out a giant bowl of kitten chow for these animals - they have to find their food somewhere.

Perhaps the law is harsh, I wish they would try a TNR program first. But I would hope if this does go forward that they have a top notch program to check all cats for collars & microchips before euthanizing.

they will set up a responcible program to protect pets?

We went through this crap in Akron a few years ago. Just because some people hate cats

:eyes:

There was a cat that use to 'stalk' my house ( i called him stalker kitty). He would show up on the porch roof right by my bed room and send my 2 totally indoor cats into a tizzy.

I guess he didn't survive all those blizzards in Delaware - I haven't seen him since before winter.

...but he loved it. He died two years ago of a heart condition. Tom was her brother, btw. He loved Old German beer and cigarettes, too.

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Check theyz papurz......

Humans -- talk about a murdering species!

of wild cats native to North America, who of course seem to belong outdoors. I think you should go take your bs and tell it to the pumas in the cervices.

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Otherwise, so are you.

Because it is environmentally damaging to the environment, you know.

....the human race is doing for birds and native wildlife, not to mention the whole eco-system!

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Arizona, huh? nevermind.....

In fact it is less than the number of birds that humans and human activity kills every year, but wait, why aren't you crying for the death of humans? Oh, yeah:eyes:

I live out in the country, I have several cats that I keep indoors, mainly because I don't want them killed by coyotes and other animals. However I also have four or five feral cats that make my acreage home. I don't feed them, but I don't bother them either. They may kill a few birds, though I've never seen that. What I have seen them do is kill field mice, which is fine with me, otherwise I would be overrun with mice during the winter months.

The cats and I have a wonderful relationship, they don't stalk the birds at my feeders and they keep the mice population down, and I don't bother them. It works well.

You apparently dislike cats for whatever reason, but the real problem out here in the rural parts are feral dogs. They run down deer, other pets, and most importantly livestock, costing farmers millions every year. Yet we don't hear the kind of vociferous attitude that you and others display when it comes to dogs. Why is that?

Somehow this reminds me of the Dark Ages, when cats were considered evil, and were killed off. Well, you know what that led to, an explosion in the mice and rat population, which led to an explosion in the flea population, which led to the Black Death.

If you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it. Thanks, but I'll keep on letting my small herd of feral cats run on my property, and if you don't like it, tough shit. Like I said earlier, I don't see you promoting the most serious killer of birds, man.

unlike your precious birds

:spray: LITERALLY!!:rofl:

God I needed that laugh!

Thank you!

Good thing I wasn't consuming any drinks when reading this. :spray:

Years ago I had a boss who didn't like cats using "his sand" for their shitter. He would capture them and take them away by car. One day he brought this cat in that was in a cage in his car trunk. He set the trap with Tuna and caught her. He says "Look out, he's wild". Well he was a she, and I ended up taking her home to a place where I wasn't suppose to have cats. Anyway I called her Bloomers because the white hair on the back of her legs looked like old lady's bloomers. She was fixed, so probably a pet. I went to my bosses neighborhood and tried to find her owners. I would have loved to see the look on his face when he saw that cat taking a dump in "his sand" again. LOL! But I never found them, so I kept her. I had her for about 8 years. I didn't know how old she was when I got her. Yes so save your precious flowers from cats. May her house be over run with mice. LOL!

:hide:

Besides the sheer stupid cruelty and pure nastiness, no kill-the-cats program ever worked. All you get are dead cats and a soulless citizenry. One year later - Cats everywhere.

This approach to a genuine problem is akin to shooting all the fourth graders who don't pass the test and thinking that now you have solved the education problem. It is short-sighted, simplistic, and ignorant.

the solution is easy..keep your cats inside..

neighbors will thank you, birdies & lizards will thank you and of course your kittie will live a longer & healthier life too

there's a reason for letting cats roam outside. :think:

dg

It is a real problem in the desert southwest.

Do not add to the problem