Post by fannyprice on Jul 22, 2012 13:41:07 GMT -5
I get it. We don't live in the country, but we are surrounded on all sides by places that people are allowed to shoot like that. In fact, a stray dog showed up in our yard and it stayed at our house for a day while I was waiting to see if its owners would show up. It was a sweet dog, but it became really protective of our house in the day it was there. Our neighbor was out in his yard one day and the dog barked at him. He was "teasing" it, and it got really pissed off, and we could hear it so we went outside. He told us that he could take it to a nearby rural "town" and shoot it if we wanted because shooting dogs was legal there :-| We told him no and I spent the next day trying to find an animal rescue to take the dog. It took all day, but I finally did. I hate that neighbor, but luckily he only lives in the house like 3 days a week.
Anyway, I would put some food out for the stray cats and try to catch them. That might be hard with the raccoon, but I would probably try anyway. Then I would take the cats to a rescue. You could call the local humane society and they may have some ideas. Our most local humane society is pretty worthless, but there is one about 45 minutes away that is good, so if the first one doesn't work, call others until you find one that is helpful.
Where the hell do you people live that this shit happens? I live in Saskatchewan, the Canadian equivalent of BFE, middle of nowhere - and if I heard someone shooting an effing gun in my vicinity I would have a heart attack and call the police. Dogs running around, SHOOTING CATS?