Should cats be under the same regulations as dogs?

[Beemer]

Cats are allowed to roam free throughout our neighborhoods.
They use private gardens as their litter box if available.
They can always find a freshly washed car to leave footprints on.
Males will come onto your property & spray their cent on your garden and/or patio furniture.

Why are cats not licensed?
Why are cats not licensed according to being fixed and not fixed?

Wouldn't people take better care of their cat if they knew there could be monetary repercussions if the local catcher got a hold of them?

Wouldn't stricter regulations slow the production of unwanted cats?
Wouldn’t there be fewer dead cats laying by the side of the road?

Cheers!

[OuTpaTienT]

No, they should not be.

[Fletchaircarpent]

well they dont bite very often and when they do not very hard. ive found htat the best cure for this is a well placed pellet or BB.

[Fletchaircarpent]

I do my share of cat population regulation. JK

[Theophylact]

Well, here in DC cats need a rabies certificate. Obviously, if they're never going outside it's no problem, but unlicensed cats are subject to being picked up by the authorities.

The main reason that cats are allowed to run free is that, unlike dogs, they're no danger to humans, only to small wildlife (and themselves).

[OuTpaTienT]

well they dont bite very often and when they do not very hard. ive found htat the best cure for this is a well placed pellet or BB.

And if you lived in my neighborhood, you're gun would be inoperable because you wouldn't be able to get it out of your ***. The kids would be amused by the grand popsicle impression you could do however.

[nunyadam]

From my expierence with cats they Really do not like a Leash. LOL you will generaly get one of two responces from the cat. 1. complete refusal to move. 2. the oppisite of responce one.

[pickel]

There's one BIG difference...

Cats prowl....with a purpose in mind

Dogs roam....mindlessly

That's why dogs need a leach andcats donot.

[implexant]

Yes. They should be under the same restrictions as dogs. I swear I'm going to buy a rifle on my 18th birthday and seriously scare a cat. You couldn't imagine the amount of cats around this area.

About four years ago one of our neighbors almost got sued cuz he trapped this cat that kept coming into his hard and "using" his patio. He finally caught it, took it to an open field ~ 5 miles away, and let 'er rip. Ended up being the neighbor's cat (right next door). She was livid. However, funny part is, the police report said that the cat was allowed to wonder freely based on statements made by other neighbors. The officer was quite amused at this this lady's insistence on sueing this guy. He basically told her to get another cat and keep it in her own yard. Funny enuf, that's what she ended up doing.

Ironic eh?

-Chris

[OuTpaTienT]

Another BIG difference is dogs are pack animals. You get two or more good sized dogs roaming your neighborhood as a pack and you got trouble.

Cats may get together and beat each other up once in a while but they don't form an alliance and gang up on other creatures (including humans).

[Mike]

Cats may get together and beat each other up once in a while but they don't form an alliance and gang up on other creatures (including humans).

Especially small children in the neighborhood. I have only met one cat that was rather fierce, and she kept her distance. Lots of the stray dogs want to run around together and sniff the children around the neighborhood. All it takes is a child to spook the dog, unintentionally, and bad things can happen.

[Computer]

My two cats one tried to team a rabbit.... It got away

[Beemer]

Cats do get along on a leash very well. My mother has had 2 leashed cats at separate times.

I feel that the neighbors shouldn't have to deal with another neighbors pets.

The guy next door is now live trapping cats and turning them in to the SPCA. He can't have a garden because of cat poop and spray. He can't have cloth deck furniture because of cat spray and clawing of the furniture.

I agree with stricter control of the cat.

Cheers!

[pickel]

My two cats one tried to team a rabbit.... It got away

That rabbit wouldn't stand a chance with my Tom cat.. He eats possums for lunch, not to mention the squirrels and mocking birds. My nieghbor across the street has 6 or 7 and they go and come as they please. Never have any problems with my 2. Maybe once a month we hear a cat fight at 2 in the morning ...just getting territories straight.

[chipbgt]

[brandon184]

About four years ago one of our neighbors almost got sued cuz he trapped this cat that kept coming into his hard and "using" his patio. He finally caught it, took it to an open field ~ 5 miles away, and let 'er rip. Ended up being the neighbor's cat (right next door). She was livid. However, funny part is, the police report said that the cat was allowed to wonder freely based on statements made by other neighbors. The officer was quite amused at this this lady's insistence on sueing this guy. He basically told her to get another cat and keep it in her own yard. Funny enuf, that's what she ended up doing.

That poor woman is a helluva lot nicer than I am.



Brandon

[sao95]

I don't think they should, but then I don't think dogs should be restricted as much as they are. Although I do attempt to keep my dog in the yard (note the word attempt) my cat I just let go whereever he wants. But then neighbors have complained about the dog and noone has said anything about the cat. My neighbors dogs get out once in awhile, two boxers, I had a problem with them when I first moved here as I walked outta the house one day not expecting to see two big, mean looking dogs, I stopped, they smelled fear, I heard a growl and I ran, they chased me, but now that I know them I realize they just thought I was playing. At the place I used to live I would come home from work and find every neighbor's dog had crawled under the fence and was hanging out in my back yard, I didn't really mind as I looked at it like a child having friends over. I don't like cats in my yard though, not really for any reason other than my cat doesn't want them in the yard.

[samwichse]

lol @ chipbgt

I dunno, I think it has something to do with attitude. Cats and dogs are both territorial, but cats seem to consider humans to be a non-competitor and hence ignore/avoid us when we enter their territory. Dogs, on the other hand, do not.

That's the big difference and the reason we should keep dogs leashed and cats... not.

Sam

[Mykex]

I've seen a bunch of stray dogs develope into a pack, it aint pretty or safe.

[OuTpaTienT]

That poor woman is a helluva lot nicer than I am.

Likewise. Were I in her situation the guilty neighbors would probably end up moving, because the subtle but non tracable torture would be non-stop. LOL. And he thought the cat was making his gardening a headache. Just get me started... and Mr. neighbor will be dreaming of the good 'ol days of gardening in cat dung.