So the neighbor that backs up too my backyard is known in the neighborhood for trapping pet cats and taking them out to the middle of nowhere and releasing them.
The other day he messed up and trapped a cat that had an AirTag in the collar. Now heās the kind of guy that if he has a cell phone, itās a flip phone so he wouldnāt have received any alerts that there was an AirTag following him.
After being confronted by the cats owner and another neighbor he was recorded admitting to moving the cat. Legally he he can trap them on his property but has to bring them to the animal shelter, not drive 30 miles away to dump it in the middle of nowhere.
He has now been charged with a Class B misdemeanor and canāt trap animals on his property.
Uhm, what?! Youāre advocatingā¦ shooting someoneās pet just b/c it went on someone elseās property?! Weāre not talking about a poorly-trained dog attacking someoneās kid hereātheyāre cats, wandering across someoneās lawn. Maybe they accidentally got out?
Relocating cats like that is abuse. So many people think that cats that are outside can easily survive if theyāre taken out of their territory, but that is not true. In fact, even wildlife doesnāt fare well if it is forcibly moved into another location.
But he sounds like the kind of guy that doesnāt care about the catsā welfare but simply thinks he should be allowed to use any method to stop them from coming into his yard. I hope heās learned that harming animals will get him into trouble and that he invests in a few motion-activated sprinkler systems to keep the cats out of his yard.
In the United States, getting a silencer is an expensive proposition, with a fair bit of government paperwork. You also, if I remember correctly, need permission from your local law-enforcement.
Owning one without the proper paperwork is a felony ā which Iām guessing most people arenāt willing to risk just to be able to shoot cats.
Of course it is illegal, but catching a cat, and driving it somewhere else is illegal, too.
And you can get a Silencer within 42 States in the US, you just have to run thru some paperwork and the usual background check with the ATF and pay the Fee of 200$ to get the permission.
Catch & release of feral cats is actually something a number of organizations do in the United States.
Frequently they catch, neuter / verify that itās neutered, and release. I would assume that the act by itself isnāt illegal since they do it right out in the open and promote that they do it.
Probably a different deal if you know itās somebodyās pet, of course.
Where I live you can capture any animal thatās on your property but have to turn them into the animal shelter. It becomes illegal when you move them offsite.
