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Every vet I've known hates putting animals down. This one not only boosts gleefully about it, but she posts photos of "her kill". It's likely she'll lose a lot of customers over that callous posting. If she were my vet, she'd be history.
That being said, feral stray cats (if it was one) are a nuisance. A quick death from a shot through the head is quite merciful to the cat and the neighborhood as well. If you have a pet cat that wanders, poops in neighbor's gardens, sprays their property and does other annoying things, don't be surprised if kitty doesn't come back home one day. Neighbors will take only so much from a pet owner who doesn't care. That neighbor will eventually take care of the problem permanently and without you help.
I meant the vet's property. If a person does not take care of their animal and it ends up in someone's yard or home then the property owner should not be punished for disposing of it. If, however, the vet shot the cat on the property of the cat's owner then she should pay the owner of the cat for its value.
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That being said, feral stray cats (if it was one) are a nuisance. A quick death from a shot through the head is quite merciful to the cat and the neighborhood as well. If you have a pet cat that wanders, poops in neighbor's gardens, sprays their property and does other annoying things, don't be surprised if kitty doesn't come back home one day. Neighbors will take only so much from a pet owner who doesn't care. That neighbor will eventually take care of the problem permanently and without you help.
What she did is a felony. Those type of neighbors should go to prison.
Collecting rainwater is perfectly legal in Oregon. Collect it by the bucket. Hell, collect it by the barrel! In fact, the government of Oregon even has this handy online guide for harvesting rainwater.
This man isn't in jail for collecting rainwater. He's in jail for building - without a permit - reservoirs that hold 13 million gallons of water. They are held back by 10- and 20-foot dams that he built. Without permits. Here's pictures of them. Would you want this volume of water, upstream from you, held back by homemade dams that weren't put through the permitting and inspection process? Let me guess - this is 'big government' to you? Heaven forbid we actually regulate the building of reservoirs now?
He was warned by officials in 2003 that he needed permits. He was ordered to drain the reservoirs. He refused. That's why he is in jail.
But I know it sounds so much more alarming when someone simply claims "Man imprisoned for collecting rainwater!". Just like it sounds more alarming when the word 'prison' is used, even though the guy is just serving a 30-day sentence in the Jackson County Jail.
It has an exception for animals on your property and for hunting.
No, it has an exception for
the animal was discovered on the person's property in the act of or after injuring or killing the person's livestock animals or damaging the person's crops and that the person killed or injured the animal at the time of this discovery
that cat was shot through it's EYE..... meaning it was looking up at her when she shot him..... a feral cat does not hang around and look up at a strange human.... and how STUPID a vet must she be?? Ferals are not neutered and with this cat having been adopted through a rescue, he almost certainly was.....
and to make this story even better, it was HER MOTHER who took the picture.....
She has been fired by the clinic, the State Licensing Board is looking into revoking her license to practice, her alma mater and former employer have both STRONGLY condemned her barbaric actions.... she absolutely violated the oath she took when she was certified to practice veterinary medicine.....
the local constabulary have "investigated" and turned over their findings to the prosecuting attorney's office, so now we wait.....
but knowing that area, I don't hold out much hope for her getting any sort of criminal punishment for killing a neighbor's pet and posting it online....
It has an exception for animals on your property and for hunting.
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(d) it is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(2) or (6) that:
(1) the animal was discovered on the person's property in the act of or after killing the person's livestock animals or damaging the person's crops and that the person killed or injured the animal at the time of this discovery; or
(2) the person killed or injured the animal within the scope of the person's employment as a public servant or in furtherance of activities or operations associated with electricity transmission or distribution, electricity generation, or operations associated with the generation of electricity, or natural gas delivery.
Hmm, that doesn't seem to fit. She's just claiming that her neighbor's cat was feral, and so she wanted to shoot it.
Okay, hunting.
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(f) it is an exception to the application of this section that the conduct engaged by the actor is generally accepted and otherwise lawful:
(1) form of conduct occurring solely for the purpose or in support of:
(A) fishing, hunting, or trapping
(B) wildlife managment, wildlife or depredation control, or shooting preserve practices as regulated by state and federal law; or
(C) animal husbandry or agriculture practice involving livestock animals
I just don't see justification here. Honing your bow skills on your neighbor's cats doesn't seem to be justified under this statute.
It has an exception for animals on your property and for hunting.
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that feral cat hunting season was open in Texas.
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