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.
Not talking about the Lindsey case but about feral cat killing spree in WI, which is a real public interest matter, involving misconduct by law enforcement as well as overt cruelty by an individual. Somebody should contact ALDF —
Nuisance-animal, pest-control, depredation-control, zoonotic disease containment, and invasive-species laws supersede all other animal-protection laws–except for endangered-species and a few regulated game-animal laws. Even endangered-species laws are not fool-proof to protect an animal from being intentionally and legally shot to death; e.g. even a highly endangered Florida Panther attacking a human can be legally shot to death. If you suspect an animal to be carrying rabies or any other deadly zoonotic disease, even cats’ ever-present Toxoplasma gondii, they can be legally shot to death on your own property.
This is true in every state, every country on earth. Even in the UK.
It’s possible Tigers legal owners would have to become involved.
This seems like the kind of case ALDF (Animal Legal Defense Fund) would be interested in. Strongly urge interested local people (& even those further away) to contact that excellent group.
Correct ME. I think too that the police don’t always have a excellent grasp of the law except for the law pertaining to their activities.
This attitude is another one of the reasons Kristen Lindsey was not prosecuted for animal cruelty. Different state but same attitude. Cats are vermin and despite there is often no way to tell a feral cat from a stray cat or one that is simply allowed to roam they are all fair game in the eyes of cat haters.