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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 3760491" data-attributes="member: 16989">For those who remember.I went through hell last year dealing with a neighbor who refused to keep her cats in her house & just let them run wild.She moved away & some new people moved in, with cats (but indoor ones).Now they have begun to let them outiside.I was 30 minutes late to work today.Picking up our garbage after the cat knocked it over this morning & spread it all over our yard.But I've prepared for this.  Animal Control told me the PROPER & SAFE (for kitty & person) to trap nuisance PESTS (not pets, peSts) & turn them over to Animal Control.I'll talk to them.  Once.  But I've been through MONTHS of hell before expecting someone to give a darn about their animal's actions.I will warn them:  Their cat WILL stay out of my yard.Option 1:  They keep control of their animal.Option 2:  I catch it, turn in over to Animal Control & they can pay the $25 to $500 Dollar fine to get it back out (the $500 Number comes for an unliscensed cat with no proof of any shots, a recent Rabies scare upped the fine for an animal without Rabies Shot).I can repeat Option 2 until the cat doesn't come back.This might sound harsh (& up until last year, I'd agree).However, I you think I am being too hard....I'll go over to your house.Crap in all your flower beds.Crap all along the side of your house.Crap all over the yard.I'll stop when I get to 10 Wal-Mart Sacks worth.Oh, & then I'll urinate over your car every morning.  How's that sound?Then I'll sharpen my knives on your deck.Plus, I'll break your bird feeders & leave various bird parts throghout your yard.Does that sound like fun?Welcome to Vraille's Summer 2006.There will be no repeat performances.  My sanity can not take it.If you think I'm being a jerk,Last year, when Animal Control set out the Animal Cage to trap the neighbor's cats, she had to wear a breath mask.  That was how bad the smell was.  Worse case she had seen in her 15 years.  She was amazed at our restraint (She was grateful we didn't resort to the Anti-Freeze solution that seems popular around here).I'm just ranting.I'm just tired of dealing with this.I'll leave you with this:Your cat in your yard:  a PET.Your cat in every other yard:  a PEST.Pest, synonym for Vermin.As in what you call an exterminator for.If your cat is in my yard, all compassion has been forcibly driven from my body (and I'm a long term cat-owner).Cats in my yard will be sent to Animal Control.  We don't have a no-kill shelter anywhere near here.I will be killing (indirectly) cats.  I did kill one last year (Too wild, Animal control had it destroyed).It is phrase that until 14 months ago or so, I'd swear I'd never, ever even consider.Now I have a Flowchart & Phone number on speed dial.And irresponsible owners have forced me to become a cat killer (if anyone knows of a no-kill shelter near Columbia MO, let me know; I can upgrade from Kitty Killer, to Kitty Jailer).Well, that's enough of my crappy (not the most humorous pun I've ever used) day.This Rant hasn't helped one bit.My frustration is still there, as is the very real possiblilty I'm going to be sending a kitty to death row very soon.I hope these people will be reasonable about their cat (they live 10 FEET from a Major highway for pete's sake!  25 Semi's a day pass through & hundreds of vehicles.  Flat Cat, right away).To cat owners:Consider yourself.Consider your cat.Consider your neighbors.Educate yourself on what happens to a Cat outdoors (Nasty, Brutal & short is a good summary).Educate yourself on what a Cat thinks about outdoors (Most research I've read indicates indoor cats have the same 'cat happiness' as an outdoor one, but a much healthier, longer lifespan).Educate yourself on what happens to the outdoors (Hawaii Wildlife being an extreme example).Educate yourself on what happens when the cat doesn't come back (statistically, the outdoors is kitty Russian Roulette, eventually the chamber comes up loaded).I'd be obliged if you could all give me some well wished Aid Other Bonsues to the Diplomacy Check I'm going to be making tomorrow.I think 9 of the cat's 9 lives would also appreciate it.</blockquote>

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