FYI: bullet to the face is an acceptable form of euthanization for feral cats

[Ns1]

The complaint here is not the method of execution, it's the timing and location.

 

[dighn]

The complaint here is not the method of execution, it's the timing and location.

thread title does not reflect this

 

[Ns1]

thread title does not reflect this

a fair point.

 

[jagec]

If you guys really believe in shooting then you should at least concede a pellet rifle would have been the better choice.

Hell no. There was this worthless kid in my neighborhood growing up who liked to shoot cats with his pellet gun. Let me tell you, it was NOT a fast or clean death. The skeleton does a pretty good job of protecting the vital organs, and a pellet gun won't reliably go through bones.

 

[Puppies04]

Good lesson for the kids IMO. You don't like kitties getting killed then next time try to adopt them out on craigslist or just leave them alone. Want them gone today well call up crazy animal control man.

 

[Ns1]

wow is that forreal? lol

 

[Mixolydian]

I seriously LOL'd.

 

[OutHouse]

Why not for non-emergency issues. It's easy, its not time sensitive and it provides convenience. Seems like a good idea for me as long as it's not they only way (I don't use facebook).

i dunno, i find calling a number on a TELEPHONE to report a problem to the cops a bit more convenient than typing out a message on facebook.

(yes i will admit my hatred towards facebook is influencing me in the above posting.)

 

[Puppies04]

wow is that forreal? lol

I really don't know. I assume it was a joke but after witnessing the idiots that roam this planet I can't be sure.

 

[xeledon20005]

Sounds like a trigger happy retard killing poor little kittens.

 

[Murloc]

Now that's really stupid.
Using a firearm around people when not useful in any way also poses an unnecessary danger.
What kind of retard shoots kitten around kids anyway.

They should take them away and euthanize them at the shelter, not splatter the place with blood and brains.

 

[AustinInDallas]

guy does his job, people get mad

 

[JTsyo]

To do all this CO2/nitrogen crap you guys speak of. He has to call animal control to drive out in some large gas guzzling vehicle. spend time to capture the things, drive back, store them have another person put them down, dispose of the bodies. I'm sure reports have to be completed by all the agencies involved in some manner or another as well.

To do what he did, get a clear shot, scoop them up throw them in the garbage. File one report.

He should have lined them up so he only had to use 2 bullets. How about cleaning up the wood pile of blood and brains?

Overall, I'm OK with using guns for this purpose but not on the residents property. At least now the mom has something to scare the kids with. "You listen to me or I'll call Animal Control".

 

[waggy]

He should have lined them up so he only had to use 2 bullets. How about cleaning up the wood pile of blood and brains?

Overall, I'm OK with using guns for this purpose but not on the residents property. At least now the mom has something to scare the kids with. "You listen to me or I'll call Animal Control".

how about when they use that wood?

"sniff sniff. you guys smell something weird with the wood? i swear it smells like the Chinese place down the road!"

 

[Jeffg010]

The only thing I wish this guy did was find more cats.

 

[John Connor]

http://www.change.org/petitions/rem...pt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

 

[Soundmanred]

Fucking bleeding hearts.

 

[torpid]

If I were the homeowner, I'd fully have expected that the cats would be killed. But I would have expected them to remove the cats and kill them off-site. If a humane society officer discharged a firearm like this in my backyard I'd be livid and would do everything in my power to get his gun license revoked.

 

[Raduque]

http://www.change.org/petitions/rem...pt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

I signed it. This guy and the Chief of Police in that area both have very poor judgement.

 

[JTsyo]

http://www.change.org/petitions/rem...pt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

From the way the article read, i don't think the children were present. It said the mother went inside to be with the kids.

 

[torpid]

From the way the article read, i don't think the children were present. It said the mother went inside to be with the kids.

It was 10 feet away.

One of the comments on the petition site is that they didn't kill the mother, only the kittens. I can't find any definitive information one way or another. If that is the case, then the approach taken is even less acceptable.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Lol....Feral cats are as bad as feral pigs, they breed like CRAZY (but don't cause as much damage to property.

It's in the same realm of "I want my beef/meat but I don't want to know how it got here or see what it came from"

Now if the guy was going around setting them on fire, using a knife to chop their heads off/gruesome acts like that I'd see more of a problem. Why were the kids out there? Or were they inside? Either way get the kids away. Using a gun is kinda strange.

Feral animals (cats especially) cannot be fully domesticated once past a certain point of age, plus there are sooo many cats for adoption out there that are domesticated so it's not like it's a loss of a kitty for anyone.

I really don't like cats/cat people since most suck, but I have been known to be nice/actually like cats that are friendly and don't bite you for no reason. Now if they were puppies this would have ended completely different, they are man's best friend by nature and a dog will just love you for giving it food. I doubt the guy would have shot a dog.

/rambleOff

 

[Red Squirrel]

Also, who the fuck kills kittens? It's one thing to kill the adult cats that have been in the shelter forever and nobody wants them, it's still wrong, but killing kittens is a whole other level of cruelty.

Imagine if adoption homes were ran like shelters. Too many kids, time to kill some! Or you call children's aid because the neighbor is abusing their kids, and the show up with a gun and kill the kids. Cats are living creatures too, and should be treated as such. I'm sure someone could find them a home if enough effort was put into place.

The other option is if they are super wild, leave them alone. Why do we always feel the need to remove animals? Let them live their lives the way they please.

 

[Baked]

This is why I adopted a pair of 5 week old sister kittens from my friend's vet clinic.

If they want to control population, just spay/neuter them and release them back in the wild.

 

[waggy]

If I were the homeowner, I'd fully have expected that the cats would be killed. But I would have expected them to remove the cats and kill them off-site. If a humane society officer discharged a firearm like this in my backyard I'd be livid and would do everything in my power to get his gun license revoked.

/this. i have no issue with them getting killed. i think how he went about it was wrong.