I have a story i just have to share about the "danger of straycats" as my brother says.
My brother is a local police officer. He got a call about a week ago, a older gentleman in town has a problem with stray cats in his neighborhood, so he set a livetrap to catch and relocate them with the help of the chief of police. In the start of his shift on saturday, a double shift, my brother gets a call from the old man that he needs the trap emptied. He was told by chief to take the trap out to the football field and let the cat go there. Personally i didnt aprove of this and would have suggested something different if i had know at the time. Anyway, doing as ordered Russ takes the covered trap out and when he gets to the stadium removes it from his car. He sits the trap in the parking lot and opens the door. The cat refuses to come out, so he stands there for a few minutes waiting, then decides to tap the side of the cage with his boot to incourage the cat out. WRONG MOVE! The cat growls and then comes out alright, it grabs the cage with his hind claws and my brothers leg with his front claws and teeth. Russ panics, he starts shaking his leg trying to make the cat let go, holding his car with one hand trying to balance and shaking his leg like crazy the cat finally lets him and the cage go and runs, still growling and hissing. He finally composes himself and gets into his car and leaves to have the scratches and bites cleaned, and change pants (his new work pants now have nice little cat snags all up the left leg). Luckely none of them actually punctured the skin. Well that night after work he goes home, which is about half a mile from the football field. Guess who was waiting on his porch! That same big black and white cat was sitting on his front porch like he was waiting on him. My brother freaked, he left and went back and slept on the couch at the station. That cat is still haunting his yard! I told him its out for revenge, so now when he gets home he looks like the boogy man is waiting, he sits and looks around the yard before getting out then makes a run for the front door! Well on monday he gets another call from the old man about the cage being full. This time the old man had captured a skunk. Russ covers the cage with a towel and gets back in his car, leaving the cage sitting and calls chief. He now refuses to empty any traps and will not accept any asignments having to deal with them. He says if the old man wants to trap critters, he can deal with the outcome.
My brother is a local police officer. He got a call about a week ago, a older gentleman in town has a problem with stray cats in his neighborhood, so he set a livetrap to catch and relocate them with the help of the chief of police. In the start of his shift on saturday, a double shift, my brother gets a call from the old man that he needs the trap emptied. He was told by chief to take the trap out to the football field and let the cat go there. Personally i didnt aprove of this and would have suggested something different if i had know at the time. Anyway, doing as ordered Russ takes the covered trap out and when he gets to the stadium removes it from his car. He sits the trap in the parking lot and opens the door. The cat refuses to come out, so he stands there for a few minutes waiting, then decides to tap the side of the cage with his boot to incourage the cat out. WRONG MOVE! The cat growls and then comes out alright, it grabs the cage with his hind claws and my brothers leg with his front claws and teeth. Russ panics, he starts shaking his leg trying to make the cat let go, holding his car with one hand trying to balance and shaking his leg like crazy the cat finally lets him and the cage go and runs, still growling and hissing. He finally composes himself and gets into his car and leaves to have the scratches and bites cleaned, and change pants (his new work pants now have nice little cat snags all up the left leg). Luckely none of them actually punctured the skin. Well that night after work he goes home, which is about half a mile from the football field. Guess who was waiting on his porch! That same big black and white cat was sitting on his front porch like he was waiting on him. My brother freaked, he left and went back and slept on the couch at the station. That cat is still haunting his yard! I told him its out for revenge, so now when he gets home he looks like the boogy man is waiting, he sits and looks around the yard before getting out then makes a run for the front door! Well on monday he gets another call from the old man about the cage being full. This time the old man had captured a skunk. Russ covers the cage with a towel and gets back in his car, leaving the cage sitting and calls chief. He now refuses to empty any traps and will not accept any asignments having to deal with them. He says if the old man wants to trap critters, he can deal with the outcome.
