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Roy · 10-03-2005, 18:56

America just don't mess about do they

Wisconsin State Journal
Hunters across the state will be asked to vote next month on whether cats should be hunted. A La Crosse man who hunts and traps wants to make free- roaming domestic cats an "unprotected species" that could be shot at will by anyone with a small-game hunting license.

Mark Smith's suggestion will be placed before hunters on April 11 at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings in each of the state's 72 counties. Smith, a 48-year- old firefighter for the city of La Crosse, said any cat not under its owner's direct control, or which does not have a collar, should be considered fair game.

"If I'm in the woods and see a cat that doesn't have a collar, then I could shoot it," Smith said. "It gives people some leeway if they want to remove cats."

He added, "I get up in the morning and if there's new snow, there's cat tracks under my bird feeder . . . I look at them as an invasive species, plain and simple."

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/loca...=31029&ntpid=3

What do you think everyone? We have just banned hunting foxes and it looks like the American's are thinking of going the other way!

10-03-2005, 18:56	#1
Roy Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,741 Blog Entries: 2 Liked: 18 times Rep Power: 2427	American state may legalise hunting domestic cats! America just don't mess about do they Wisconsin State Journal Hunters across the state will be asked to vote next month on whether cats should be hunted. A La Crosse man who hunts and traps wants to make free- roaming domestic cats an "unprotected species" that could be shot at will by anyone with a small-game hunting license. Mark Smith's suggestion will be placed before hunters on April 11 at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings in each of the state's 72 counties. Smith, a 48-year- old firefighter for the city of La Crosse, said any cat not under its owner's direct control, or which does not have a collar, should be considered fair game. "If I'm in the woods and see a cat that doesn't have a collar, then I could shoot it," Smith said. "It gives people some leeway if they want to remove cats." He added, "I get up in the morning and if there's new snow, there's cat tracks under my bird feeder . . . I look at them as an invasive species, plain and simple." http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/loca...=31029&ntpid=3 What do you think everyone? We have just banned hunting foxes and it looks like the American's are thinking of going the other way!