I'm hoping that one day ALL pet owners AND there pets whatever they may be must be governmentally registered, mandatorily licenced, insured and registered with a veterinary surgery and ID tagged.
Before anybody can purchase and keep a pet they should firstly complete a mandatory training course and acquire a governmental licence to keep pets, specific pets described on the completion of the course.
An application and training course to keep pet(s) establishes what pets you can have determined by a whole range of conditions. Having obtained a licence to keep pet(s) the licence describes what pet(s) you can keep. You can then use this licence to obtain your pet(s) which then themselves should be annually licenced, insured and registered with a veterinary surgery and ID tagged. Pets should have a mandatory annual MOT by a registered VET too.
Pets found unaccompanied and not tagged to be put down, tagged pets found unaccompanied outdoors inc cats to be traced to there respectful owner who should face a hefty fine. Three strikes and there licence to keep pets to be cancelled. Serious fines to be imposed where people keep pets without licences for the same.
One day I hope..........
I'm sure that my words above will have rattled many cages but we in the UK have the worst record in Europe if not the world for cruelty to animals and many people suffer damages caused by other peoples pets too and my experience is that most pet owners particularly cat owners don't care what there pets are doing outdoors unattended.
I wish I could sue my neighbour for the trouble and the damages there 4 cats are causing in my garden. They always say "get some cat scarers" or "get your own cat!" or "it can't possibly be our cat, our cat would never do such a thing!" and "That's what cats do, live with it!".
Nobody should have to suffer the antics of other peoples pets and pets should never have to suffer either.
Enjoyed reading your rant, Cottage Compost and have to agree that licensing and yearly MOTs of all pets would certainly alleviate a lot of the suffering animals are exposed to as well as social issues regarding 'fouling'.
Your idea of heavy fines for 'unaccompanied' pets is also a great idea and people will think twice about having a horde of cats that are left to their own devices, causing wildlife destruction and crapping all over other peoples' property.
Wow , heavy stuff you guys , I am not a cat lover even though I spend most of the summer months with five of them , I've never seen them do any damage to our lawn and/or all our plants and trees.....in fact they catch some pesky moles .... but I can think of more worrisome things our respective governments could be spending tax payers money on than the regimentation of our pets ! There are of course exceptions to all e.g. the vicious and idiotic owners of dogs who are not trained well
Such a licensing system could be / should be self financed and not at the expense of the tax payer. Applicants applying for a licence to keep pets should do so by paying for the training and then the licence to be renewed perhaps every three years. On successful application to keep pets then each pet will have to be licenced incurring an annual fee. And of course there's the pets insurance to pay for, its annual MOT and jabs etc etc.
Dachalover, you are right about dog owners who fail to train them or take necessary precautions to stop them causing problems. As for the idiots that train dogs for use as a weapon or use them for fighting, the government should make it legal to shoot them. But let's not stray from the topic (cat debates always end up as cats Vs dogs arguments).
Cats very rarely destroy lawns or trees.. just brutally murder wildlife such as birds (their speciality), rodents, not just mice or small rats but shrews and voles, frogs, toads, butterflies an no doubt many other creatures.
Cats certainly crap on lawns a lot and have a tendency to crush, spray urine on or dig up flowers in neighbouring gardens as a way of marking territory. They tend to do it only in their own gardens when competition for boundaries is fierce. That's probably why you experience few problems in your current garden.
Fair enough, every animal needs to excrete poo somewhere but when you've lived in different houses over the years and in each one, cats have destroyed beds of newly planted flowers, or every time an inch of soil is disturbed during weeding, borders are turned into an irresistible litter tray for weeks on end. Then when the borders are hard or too full of crap, the lawn is the next target, then when they got bored of lawn, back door steps seemed a delightful toilet facility.
I'm now a part-time gardener, not RHS qualified, just someone who does a thorough job. My biggest menace is cats crapping all over customers' lawns, in borders, on paths etc. Some young mothers are worried about letting their children play in the garden due to the mess cats leave on the lawns.
And the irony is that only two customers own dogs (and they clean up after them thoroughly) and only 1 customer owns a cat and there has never once been a pile of cat filth on his massive lawns.
I mentioned it before but fyi, I'm using the PestBye ultrasonic repellent and have only had one turd since I installed it over two months ago... and that was when I forgot to turn it on last weekend.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I mentioned it before but fyi, I'm using the PestBye ultrasonic repellent and have only had one turd since I installed it over two months ago... and that was when I forgot to turn it on last weekend.
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Placed in THEIR garden LOL.
My neighbours cat eats cake and bacon!
I'm hoping that one day ALL pet owners AND there pets whatever they may be must be governmentally registered, mandatorily licenced, insured and registered with a veterinary surgery and ID tagged.
Before anybody can purchase and keep a pet they should firstly complete a mandatory training course and acquire a governmental licence to keep pets, specific pets described on the completion of the course.
An application and training course to keep pet(s) establishes what pets you can have determined by a whole range of conditions. Having obtained a licence to keep pet(s) the licence describes what pet(s) you can keep. You can then use this licence to obtain your pet(s) which then themselves should be annually licenced, insured and registered with a veterinary surgery and ID tagged. Pets should have a mandatory annual MOT by a registered VET too.
Pets found unaccompanied and not tagged to be put down, tagged pets found unaccompanied outdoors inc cats to be traced to there respectful owner who should face a hefty fine. Three strikes and there licence to keep pets to be cancelled. Serious fines to be imposed where people keep pets without licences for the same.
One day I hope..........
I'm sure that my words above will have rattled many cages but we in the UK have the worst record in Europe if not the world for cruelty to animals and many people suffer damages caused by other peoples pets too and my experience is that most pet owners particularly cat owners don't care what there pets are doing outdoors unattended.
I wish I could sue my neighbour for the trouble and the damages there 4 cats are causing in my garden. They always say "get some cat scarers" or "get your own cat!" or "it can't possibly be our cat, our cat would never do such a thing!" and "That's what cats do, live with it!".
Nobody should have to suffer the antics of other peoples pets and pets should never have to suffer either.
Sorry for the rant.
Enjoyed reading your rant, Cottage Compost and have to agree that licensing and yearly MOTs of all pets would certainly alleviate a lot of the suffering animals are exposed to as well as social issues regarding 'fouling'.
Your idea of heavy fines for 'unaccompanied' pets is also a great idea and people will think twice about having a horde of cats that are left to their own devices, causing wildlife destruction and crapping all over other peoples' property.
Wow , heavy stuff you guys , I am not a cat lover even though I spend most of the summer months with five of them , I've never seen them do any damage to our lawn and/or all our plants and trees.....in fact they catch some pesky moles .... but I can think of more worrisome things our respective governments could be spending tax payers money on than the regimentation of our pets ! There are of course exceptions to all e.g. the vicious and idiotic owners of dogs who are not trained well
A licensing system to apply to ALL pets, Cats, Dogs, Budgies, Spiders, Ponies, Snakes, Rabbits, ALL pets.
Not just Cats and Dogs. Our feral cats are very destructive, more so than dogs I think though.
Such a licensing system could be / should be self financed and not at the expense of the tax payer. Applicants applying for a licence to keep pets should do so by paying for the training and then the licence to be renewed perhaps every three years. On successful application to keep pets then each pet will have to be licenced incurring an annual fee. And of course there's the pets insurance to pay for, its annual MOT and jabs etc etc.
Self Financing at no extra cost to the tax payer.
Dachalover, you are right about dog owners who fail to train them or take necessary precautions to stop them causing problems. As for the idiots that train dogs for use as a weapon or use them for fighting, the government should make it legal to shoot them. But let's not stray from the topic (cat debates always end up as cats Vs dogs arguments).
Cats very rarely destroy lawns or trees.. just brutally murder wildlife such as birds (their speciality), rodents, not just mice or small rats but shrews and voles, frogs, toads, butterflies an no doubt many other creatures.
Cats certainly crap on lawns a lot and have a tendency to crush, spray urine on or dig up flowers in neighbouring gardens as a way of marking territory. They tend to do it only in their own gardens when competition for boundaries is fierce. That's probably why you experience few problems in your current garden.
Fair enough, every animal needs to excrete poo somewhere but when you've lived in different houses over the years and in each one, cats have destroyed beds of newly planted flowers, or every time an inch of soil is disturbed during weeding, borders are turned into an irresistible litter tray for weeks on end. Then when the borders are hard or too full of crap, the lawn is the next target, then when they got bored of lawn, back door steps seemed a delightful toilet facility.
I'm now a part-time gardener, not RHS qualified, just someone who does a thorough job. My biggest menace is cats crapping all over customers' lawns, in borders, on paths etc. Some young mothers are worried about letting their children play in the garden due to the mess cats leave on the lawns.
And the irony is that only two customers own dogs (and they clean up after them thoroughly) and only 1 customer owns a cat and there has never once been a pile of cat filth on his massive lawns.
I mentioned it before but fyi, I'm using the PestBye ultrasonic repellent and have only had one turd since I installed it over two months ago... and that was when I forgot to turn it on last weekend.
LMFAO...... that is honestly one the funniest forum posts I've ever seen
Seriously, that is wit at its finest - *bows cap to you, young lady
Dave....+1 for that