We'll think of something.
Posted on 08/16/2011 4:15:35 AM PDT by TSgt
The Creekwood Mobile Home Park in Middletown is crawling with cats. Residents have complained about property damage and foul odors and want something done. Past attempts to get rid of the cats have had mixed results. The latest attempt has some animal rights activists crying foul. Local 12's Joe Webb has the story from Middletown.
A year ago, a non-profit group came here to Creekwood Mobile Home Park and trapped, neutered and returned more than 80 cats to control the growing cat problem. Residents say that worked, for a while. Now, they've taken cat population control into their own hands.
You don't have to look long to find a cat at Creekwood.If you live here, some say they've become a real pain. "Pain in my neck is when I walk out here and there's 5 or 6 cats up in my swing or lying on my porch and you can't get them to leave. You scoot, scoot,scoot and they won't go. They look at you like you're crazy."
"After we had 'em all fixed, it calmed down a bit. Now they're all back. Not being fed and taken care of the way they should. We got new cats that aren't fixed so there's kittens. It's just overrun with cats."
Flower beds have become litter boxes.. crawl spaces have become cat spaces... vegetable gardens urinals. The non-profit S.C.O.O.P. (Save Cats and Obliterate Overpopulation) feeds the cats and tries to maintain the size of the cat colony. but some residents wanted more. "We do have a cat problem. One of our residents complained to our manager. She gave him a trap. He's been trapping the cats and according to him he's been taking them to a farm."
The trapper says he's relocated just 8 cats. The S.C.O.O.P. people think more have disappeared. They also say you can't just relocate cats... it doesn't work. "It's dumping. They removed cats from a managed colony and it's dumping cats. It's illegal to do that." "Certainly it's a problem but the humane method is to create stable colonies that are healthy by spaying and neutering and that's what we've tried to do." Scoop and the park owner had not spoken when we interviewed them. Brenda Smith hopes they work something out. "As long as they stay off my porch I'm happy." There is no organized cat population plan in the works, so for now, the trap is set. The S.C.O.O.P. people say it *is* legal to trap the cats on private property as long as they are not injured and taken to a legitimate shelter. They discourage that because at most shelters, the cats would be euthanized.
Twelve gauge pump loaded with number seven and a half shot, at close range there won’t be anything left to worry about. At longer ranges a .22 rimfire rifle loaded with CCI Stingers will eliminate the problem.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/08/02/article/six_wild_dogs_removed_from_fayetteville_streets
Ballerinas, of course, what else would make sense?
Gorillas - good for both lions and coyotes
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The homes next door are only 15 yards away so my shots must be nearly silent and are close in.
I have not had to dispatch many, only around five cats and all of them were from somewhere else and were beating up on our neighbors cats and tearing up our property.
I have yet to need more than one shot to make a kill with the Crosman, but as I wrote, I have only had to do it about five times.
“actually have more energy and velocity than a .22 rifle round close in”
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Not unless you are shooting some awfully cheap .22 rounds, they won’t come close to a CCI Stinger or Mini-Mag.
Just get Peta to cart them off in one of their Peta Death Vans.
Oh noes! 6 dogs! The humanity!
The difference between feral cats and dogs is that the animal shelter will not come out for feral cats. Thus it’s up to the homeowners to take care of the problem.
And take care of the problem I did!
“If you use coyotes to get rid of the cats what do you use to get rid of the coyotes?”
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Irish Wolfhounds, of course.
There is a .22 round called the "CB Short". It isn't much louder than a pellet gun, but much more deadly. I've used them for racoons getting into my garbage in an urban setting.
Now I'm back in the country I use the full strength .22 Long Rifle round.
Create stable colonies? Are you kidding me? Feed the buggers? What part of you get more of what you subsidize do these morons not understand?
General Tso...
I know a lady who lived in Austria thru WW2 and with severe rationing people were eating anything slow enough to catch. She said cat stewed with potatoes was delicious.
Hey, I’ll try anything once.
Chinese. They were dressed as food.
General Tso's Chief of Staff was Colonel Sanders.
He just didn't mention that the farm happens to be at the bottom of the river and the only way to get there is via weighted sack.
We'll think of something.
Yotes are self limiting. When the cats run out, the coyotes leave unless some one provides another food source. A .22 works on them too, though.
12 gauge works best
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