The police chief of Wild Rose, Wisconsin, USA in effect supports the hunting and shooting dead of feral cats in and around his town and therefore by default he must also support the hunting of feral cats in Wisconsin because as far as I’m aware there are no particular animal welfare laws in the town of Wild Rose which countermand the general laws of the state of Wisconsin.
The police chief is wrong and I explain why on this page:
I have carefully studied the law and I am personally convinced that it is illegal to hunt and shoot dead feral cats in the state of Wisconsin (unless under exceptional circumstances) but as I stated in the above-mentioned article, the law is unenforced with regard to feral cats. I am sure that many citizens of Wisconsin will disagree with me in the belief that it is legal to shoot feral cats in their state. If you are one of those people please tell me why in a comment but it has to be a sound argument with reference to all relevant law.
There is an underlying desire in Wisconsin to be allowed to hunt feral cats. I state that because about 15 years ago the state came up with the idea of legally allowing the hunting of feral cats. It did not progress sufficiently to be passed into law. But the very fact that it was seriously discussed and almost became a law of this state indicates that there are a large number of people including people in authority who would like to make it legal to hunt feral cats. It also tells us that it is illegal to hunt feral cats in Wisconsin.
The underlying objective I believe colours the opinion of people in authority such as police chiefs who are perhaps themselves under pressure not to enforce the law with respect to the hunting of feral cats.
This article is based upon the well-known feral cat hunter Sam Wood, who is addicted to shooting at feral cats.
If you play the video above you will note (towards the end of the video) that there was, I believe, a nationwide reaction by the public to my article about Sam Wood (see below) which included a dozen telephone calls to the police chief at Wild Rose asking him/her to take action to ensure that Sam Wood was prosecuted for animal cruelty. His response as you will note in the video was that Mr Wood was doing nothing illegal. I strongly disagree.
If the police won’t uphold the law on cruelty to feral cats because it suits them it is a dire state of affairs. Their sole duty is to enforce the law objectively without fear or favor. Feral cats don’t receive their protection.
Shooting the neighbors dogs with paintball guns can and has gotten people charged with animal cruelty.
I know of no law demanding anyone to shoot dogs harassing wildlife. Even livestock owners have the choice of shooting and it does not impact any recovery for damages. Discharging a gun in some places will land you in jail.
Most civilized people refrain from killing dogs , and cats unless damage, or disease is a REAL factor not imagined. Most pet owners get numerous requests per the property owner and Animal Control before dispatching an out of control pet.
Normal people don’t sit in their front yards with a paint ball gun.
For you Woody. My cats are 100% indoor but it’s nuts like you that scare me to death worse than stray dogs and coyotes should one get out. I’d hate to be the person who shot one of my cats or slammed them with a paint ball.
Yes, it is one of those creepy sites that has psychopaths as members who like to kill or injure any animal. I get it. Your mates. Thanks for the link Woody. I can read some of the BS they spew out and get ideas for an article.
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Pure rubbish. You’re bullshitting as usual. You produce nothing to support what you say. It comes out of your arse as usual. If you’re going to write a lot of bullshit then at least try and support it with proper legal argument supported by reference to case law or statute law.
Thanks ME. Yes, I know that police forces don’t prosecute criminals. But I think I was trying to say that the police should provide the evidence and then put that evidence to the prosecutors for them to do the job.