Reply #8: You really think *anyone* is going to tolerate shooting in urban areas? [View All]

[CornField]

City Councils, town councils and even County Boards have laws on the books that prohibit the use of firearms in populated areas. Keep throwing out those emotional arguments. You know as well as I do that "Fluffy" isn't a feral cat and his primary concern is traffic. "Fluffy" typically ends up being taken in by a stranger or picked up by animal control. Once at the shelter, "Fluffy" is kept until the owners are contacted or phone in.

Feral cats are exactly the same as feral hogs: They are doing harm to the native ecosystem in which they have been introduced. The difference is that when hunters see feral hogs while they are out, they can shoot them. Currently, it is illegal for the same action to be taken against feral cats -- even when the destruction of livestock has been a factor.

All wild animals initially run from humans unless they have been conditioned otherwise. All wild animals also attack humans, given the right circumstances. Feral cats are wild animals... not "fluffy."