Where I work at my regular job, we have a lot of cats. Recently people have been feeding them. Unfortunatly, now they hang around and become somewhat tame. Ofcourse we have the little hoodlum types in mens bodies that think it's cool to abuse and torture these animals. Although both factions may be equally guilty of doing the wrong thing, the pukes that abuse these animals aren't fit to share the earth as the rest of us. Somehow, I became the one to offer to trap these cats and try to get them to a decent family. One of these lowlifes thought it was great sport to throw nuts and bolts at these cats. He managed to nail a beautiful tiger, semitame by the way, in the back with a 1'X3" bolt. Great white hunter eh!
It was announced via email that if anyone wanted to adopt a cat to contact me and I'd trap it for them. Since then, we got a private animal control outfit in to help out. They don't like to put the animals down anymore than me. But it's the only thing you can do with an adult feral cat. The kittens are another story. This outfit has contacted me several times about what they trap and I try to help them out, but there is just too many. If only they hadn't been feeding them I don't think we'd have this problem.
The piece of dirt that hit the one with the bolt? Many of us entertained doing the same to him.
Don't anyone dare concider me a treehugger or anything related. My wife and I rescue dogs and cats more times than I really want, but it is hard to say no to any animal. If only more people could become as humane as these socalled animals. Get your critters spayed/nuetered, and become responsible adults if you happen to have an accident, don't let them suffer. Animal abusers should get the same punishment as he doled out on an innocent animal.
Another thought I should add, I support hunting/fishing and all the shooting sports. But notice I said sports, if an animal is to be taken, do it humanely.
