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You surely don't mean other people's properly identifiable pets, do you?

by zelon88 7y ago

thomk 7y ago
If they are on my property and are destructive or a danger to me? You bet.
- zelon88 7y ago
  I've had to deal with wild rodents in my garbage using violent (but less than lethal) means, but known house pets with collars or tags that belong to your neighbors? I mean, how much damage could a 7 pound cat possibly do to your property?
  - ranDOMscripts 7y ago
    Eliminate all of the wildlife in the yard? Some people actually prefer a diverse array of wildlife over a neighbor's pet.
    - zelon88 7y ago
      Seems passive aggressive to eliminate your neighbors pet. I'm not a social person, and I typically let me neighbors do as they please (as I want them to do with me) but if I have a problem with an animal I'll approach the owner. If my neighbor kills my cat and makes my kids cry without talking to me about it first, I'm probably going to create problems for that neighbor that involve the local police department.
  - lostlogin 7y ago
    There is a cat that comes into our house through our cat flap and sprays. It also does this on our door step and all over our garden.
  - thomk 7y ago
    Probably not much. However if it was aggressive toward us or pissing on our patio furniture seats and did not appear to belong to anyone, that might be a different story. I'd actually probably just call animal control or trap it and release it somewhere far away.
tyjen 7y ago
You mean the cute pets (property) destroying the local biodiversity? The uneutered and unspayed pets (property) running away to breed? The pets (property) people frequently abandon or set free? Perhaps the liability associated with poor ownership should bear a higher cost (fines) to deter bad behavior. This problem didn't present itself as a significant issue to me until my family lived in Hawai'i. The cat issue on the islands is absolutely devastating to the native species. It's a massive issue people discount because of their inane degree of attachment and personification of pets. [0]: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/feral-cats/ https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/...

You surely don't mean other people's properly identifiable pets, do you?

thomk 7y ago

If they are on my property and are destructive or a danger to me? You bet.

zelon88 7y ago
I've had to deal with wild rodents in my garbage using violent (but less than lethal) means, but known house pets with collars or tags that belong to your neighbors? I mean, how much damage could a 7 pound cat possibly do to your property?
- ranDOMscripts 7y ago
  Eliminate all of the wildlife in the yard? Some people actually prefer a diverse array of wildlife over a neighbor's pet.
  - zelon88 7y ago
    Seems passive aggressive to eliminate your neighbors pet. I'm not a social person, and I typically let me neighbors do as they please (as I want them to do with me) but if I have a problem with an animal I'll approach the owner. If my neighbor kills my cat and makes my kids cry without talking to me about it first, I'm probably going to create problems for that neighbor that involve the local police department.
- lostlogin 7y ago
  There is a cat that comes into our house through our cat flap and sprays. It also does this on our door step and all over our garden.
- thomk 7y ago
  Probably not much. However if it was aggressive toward us or pissing on our patio furniture seats and did not appear to belong to anyone, that might be a different story. I'd actually probably just call animal control or trap it and release it somewhere far away.

tyjen 7y ago

You mean the cute pets (property) destroying the local biodiversity? The uneutered and unspayed pets (property) running away to breed? The pets (property) people frequently abandon or set free? Perhaps the liability associated with poor ownership should bear a higher cost (fines) to deter bad behavior. This problem didn't present itself as a significant issue to me until my family lived in Hawai'i. The cat issue on the islands is absolutely devastating to the native species. It's a massive issue people discount because of their inane degree of attachment and personification of pets. [0]: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/feral-cats/ https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/...