Found my cat dead today outside on grass verge.
Very affectionate,it was the only kitten of litter of five that had escaped the cat haven's cage traps that had been set at our unit block few months earlier.
It did not come home for dinner couple of days ago,suspected then something was amiss.
Put bin out this morning and cat was not lying dead on verge.
I left house at nearly 4pm, saw it lying on grass verge.
I am thinking my neighbour who had threatened to kill it few months back,has killed it two days ago and dumped it on grass verge this afternoon.
It's body was stiff.
What is the mindset of cat-killers?
pretty cowardly . I have a problem with a neighbours cat, it seems to prefer my garden for its own toilet, but would I not kill the thing.
We found raw meat (chicken neck, chop, cuts of steak) in our yard over a few occasions a few months ago. We've got a jack russell that barks when someone comes down the drive, but otherwise happy to sit & wander around the yard. There is a yappy dog over our back fence, maybe that one was the target?
The fact that it won't touch the meat tells me that it might be baited...haven't done anything about it, as it's been a couple of months. I lost a dog when I was a kid to a baited bit of meat, dad was furious & the neighbour was very lucky mum talked him out of 'paying them a visit'!
I hope your cat wasn't intentionally killed, maybe it was hit by a car, and someone that knew it was yours, but was too ashamed or sensitive to confront you found it & left it there? Maybe not a sinister act? I hope not anyway.
It's very frustrating having cats pooing and pissing in your garden on your car.
I find pet owners to be oblivious to the bother caused by their animals. I recently complained to a neighbour about their animal pissing on my front doormat. This had been going on for years! He basically blamed me for the dog pissing (he called it leaving a scent!) because I leave a bin bag out the front while cleaning my house. This is when I realised animal lovers are nuts. He and his partner work 10-12 hour days and the dogs are left by themselves in a tiny garden all week. The even go on holidays and leave the animals behind.
I don't agree with killing animals but I understand the frustration when your trying to sleep and the neighbours cats are fighting.
I'm of 2 minds.
I don't like cats, and I think a good use for a cat is to make cat food.
However I'd never kill or even hurt one.
However (again), they're often in my backyard and they and their owners are a pain in the arse.
I even have one neighbour that angers at me when I chase his cat away when he scratches the door screen.
Charming effing people.
Sorry to ear that Peter!
I know how frustrating it is as it happened to me few years ago. I have a few cats myself, all came to live with me as they have been dumped (2 from the house at the back, they moved and left the cats there) 1 kitten came from the bush across the road (probably dumped) and the 2 I took from the cat haven long time ago! My neighbours are ok with it as they have cats as well, I keep them inside at night time and the 3 older never leave the backyard.
Firstly, sorry to hear about your cat.
But I would have to agree that some cat owners are selfish as can be. the lady two doors up has a cat which regularly craps in my son's sand pit if I forget to cover it up. I have asked this lady, nicely, to please contain her cat as its presence in our backyard is unwelcome. She has failed to do so.
I would never harm the cat but I just cant understand why some cat owners think that they are exempt from common council regulations.
Rant over.
Dont be to disappointed Think of the benefits.
Owned cats have huge advantages over native predators. They
receive protection from disease, predation, competition, and
starvation—
Cats Are Not a Natural Part of Ecosystems
Roughly 60% to 70%
of the wildlife cats kill are small mammals; 20% to 30% are
birds; and up to 10 are amphibians, reptiles, and insects.
However, birds can be up to 100% of a cat's prey
In a study of cat predation in an urban area, 83% of
the 41 study cats killed birds
This is a sad story.:
"In 1894, ornithologists came to know of the existence of a small flightless bird on Stephens Island in New Zealand.
It was named Stephens Island Wren. The bird was only 10 cm long and was never seen to fly. It would scurry like a mouse on the ground.
There was a lighthouse there and the lighthouse keeper had a cat named Tibbles.
Tibbles found the birds easy prey. In the space of a few months, it killed all the birds on the mile-long island, making the Stephens Island Wren extinct in the very year that it was discovered.
If it were alive it would have been the world's smallest flightless bird. Now that distinction goes to the Inaccessible Island Rail which is about the size of a newly-hatched domestic chicken."
Yeah Peter, sorry to hear about this. I hope it was only something innocent and not someone with a problem.
I would hate it if anyone did anything to my pets.
One way to stop cats coming into your yard to attack other cats or spraying everywhere is get a plastic spray bottle (we have one that goes about 10-12 feet), fill it it with half water and half vinegar. leave it outside or handy to reach.
When you spot the offender give it a couple of shots. They take off quick smart. Then being cats they clean themselves and the taste of vinegar makes them dislike getting sprayed.
this is from a vet so is safe. Doesnt take long to work either.
Then every couple of days give the fence line or whatever the cat uses to enter your property a spray and hey presto, force field for Tiddles!!!
Sorry about your cat Peter.
And on this very same thread!!!! 
