05-17-2014, 04:48 AM
"However, Kauai police say they aren't aware of any alleged crimes.
Kauai Humane Society Director Penny Cistaro says they are seeking solid information because they have nothing concrete to go on."
The flyer is here: http://www.kitv.com/blob/view/-/26026844...-flyer.pdf
The "cat murder" flyer mentions shootings and poisonings, but there is no reason to believe this isn't just routine predator control. Farmer poisons rats, cats eat poisoned rats, cat dies. A single feral cat can kill several hundred brooding chicks in an evening, many farmers don't "wait and see" if a cat is going to attack their poultry or not, if they see a cat, they dispatch it. So long as it is on their property it's legal. This group wants them trapped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and then released. Farmers aren't going to do that.
I don't know any farmers who waste ammunition on small predators. Usually they use pellet guns, which contrary to what their flyer says, is not "prosecutable under firearm laws".
My guess, and that's all it is, is that this $5k reward for a non-existent crime is a publicity stunt to raise awareness and money for the group running the catch-and-release program.
Kauai Humane Society Director Penny Cistaro says they are seeking solid information because they have nothing concrete to go on."
The flyer is here: http://www.kitv.com/blob/view/-/26026844...-flyer.pdf
The "cat murder" flyer mentions shootings and poisonings, but there is no reason to believe this isn't just routine predator control. Farmer poisons rats, cats eat poisoned rats, cat dies. A single feral cat can kill several hundred brooding chicks in an evening, many farmers don't "wait and see" if a cat is going to attack their poultry or not, if they see a cat, they dispatch it. So long as it is on their property it's legal. This group wants them trapped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and then released. Farmers aren't going to do that.
I don't know any farmers who waste ammunition on small predators. Usually they use pellet guns, which contrary to what their flyer says, is not "prosecutable under firearm laws".
My guess, and that's all it is, is that this $5k reward for a non-existent crime is a publicity stunt to raise awareness and money for the group running the catch-and-release program.