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SigP6Carry · February 12, 2010, 02:15 PM

Wow, we need that law in Illinois! I live in Central Il and the town I live in prohibits the firing of a firearm or pellet gun within town limits. So, I can't shoot the feral cats. But they suck around here.

My girlfriend knows where they come from, there's a woman that leaves food out for a brood of them one town over. The police have ticketed her and animal control has rounded up a few, but this woman is some kind of crazy tree hugger psycho who doesn't understand that these things make it hell for other animals to live. Animal Control won't do anything major about them and I've heard that's because they fear reprisal from the liberal student body in the town. But that's just a rumor I heard.

If I could, I'd sit out by the dumpster of my apartment building with a pellet gun and pick these things off. Cause once it gets warm out: dead and half eaten rabbits, birds and snakes all over town. Once one left part of the fetus of a bird from a bird's egg on my stoop. Loved that.

edit: strange thing with my town is that some of the ferals actually look like, if they had a bath, they'd be beautiful cats. A friend of mine actually took one in further up north (of which I was a bit perturbed by) and the cat has actually turned out to be a halfway decent house pet for her family. Still pisses anywhere it pleases, though.

February 12, 2010, 02:15 PM	#18
SigP6Carry Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1,086	Wow, we need that law in Illinois! I live in Central Il and the town I live in prohibits the firing of a firearm or pellet gun within town limits. So, I can't shoot the feral cats. But they suck around here. My girlfriend knows where they come from, there's a woman that leaves food out for a brood of them one town over. The police have ticketed her and animal control has rounded up a few, but this woman is some kind of crazy tree hugger psycho who doesn't understand that these things make it hell for other animals to live. Animal Control won't do anything major about them and I've heard that's because they fear reprisal from the liberal student body in the town. But that's just a rumor I heard. If I could, I'd sit out by the dumpster of my apartment building with a pellet gun and pick these things off. Cause once it gets warm out: dead and half eaten rabbits, birds and snakes all over town. Once one left part of the fetus of a bird from a bird's egg on my stoop. Loved that. edit: strange thing with my town is that some of the ferals actually look like, if they had a bath, they'd be beautiful cats. A friend of mine actually took one in further up north (of which I was a bit perturbed by) and the cat has actually turned out to be a halfway decent house pet for her family. Still pisses anywhere it pleases, though. Last edited by SigP6Carry; February 12, 2010 at 02:29 PM.