TBF they have built something that looks just like a giant cat litter tray with pristine white litter, so it's not surprising the cats think it's an ideal place to poop. Pooping in the litter tray provided is them doing exactly what humans have trained them to do.
Theo
White with no eyes probably blind as well :-)
So the victims of irresponsible cat owners are to blame?
Interestingly(?) we had a white cat with two blue eyes and she could hear fine . Her mother was an "odd eye blue" and had one blue eye and one a sort of Orange (no idea if she could hear, was not familliar with her or her 'staff').
"Cats are protected by law and are free to roam meaning they might go into other people's gardens or allotments. It is understood that some may wish to deter other people's cats from those areas."
How exactly are the cat owners irresponsible? You can't train cats like dogs, they do their own thing. The only thing you can do is control when you let them out or keep them in 24/7 - some cats cope with that, others don't. Cats also climb so, unless you build a maximum security prison in your garden, they will roam.
Somebody has built something that looks to them like a luxury toilet. So their options are to make it unappealing in some way - either physical measures like covering it or changing the litter, or let it get dirty enough that it's no longer an attractive toilet.
Theo
By owning a pet that they know that they cannot control and then not taking any responsibility for cleaning up their pet's shit.
And then they think this anti-social behaviour is perfectly acceptable by taking pride in quoting the bullshit that cats cannot be controlled.
Typical response from a cat person who fails to recognise that they are sole reason for this type of problem. It is no longer acceptable to have so many cats in a built up urban area and the law should be changed to reflect that cats are a problem, and more so for the owners that make excuses for their failure to act in a responsible social manner when it comes to cat shit.
I'll bet you would be the first to complain if a dog owner let their pet shit in your front garden.
For deliberately making what the cat thinks is a giant cat litter tray, yep.
Cats don't have owners, they have people who provide bed & board.
So next you will be poisoning all the birds because they dare to shit on your car and roof.
That happens all the time with my place because its next to a small park/walk way with no fence between my propery and the park, deliberates.
A number of individuals do walk their dogs and exercise them off lead in the park every single day and I don't give a damn about dog shit.
Just the once a mate managed to step on one when visiting, and that was in what is now 50 years.
And there are always a few of the neighbour's cats who love my jungle and love to bask in the sun in winter on the concrete on the north side of my passive solar house. Never noticed any cat shit, but there must be plenty there somewhere.
Again typical response from cat owners that take no responsibility for the problem they have created.
Am I supposed to follow Tibbles around 7 X 24?
I'm not in a built-up urban area.
Our cat seems to prefer to come in and use the litter tray rather than the large garden, the 15 acre field behind us, or the 20 acre field across the road.
Dog shit is a far far worse problem than cat shit. Dogs shit where they are, rather than, as with cats, taking any steps to bury it (which is what cats usually do). It's not as bad as it once was, but try any public footpath and what do you find? Dog shit and if there are trees, dog shit in *bags*, FFS.
Dog shit is also much more unpleasant than cat shit, and may contain those parasites that cause blindness.
alan_m snipped-for-privacy@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote
Again, typical response from cat haters who don't have a clue about cats.
Here in the uk if dogs shit anywhere they want and it is not cleaned up by their owners it is considered to be anti-social.
Why is acceptable for cat owners not to be held to the same standards?
That's not correct.
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alan_m snipped-for-privacy@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote
Because it isnt practical to follow your cat around 24/7 and collect all its cat shit.
Well, now that you mention it... But let's not call them "victims". (Sheesh! Everyone's a 'victim' these days.)
I don't own a cat.
However we seem not to worry about all the urban (or other) foxes, squirrels, deer, etc., not to mention all the birds around the place.
Why pick on domestic animals?
Is that in any way unlawful?
Have you ever tried to control a cat?
Herded many, perhaps?
"Acceptable" to whom?
It's certainly alright with us at this address. The more cats in the area, the merrier.
No cat ever woke me up by barking at 06:00.
What would you describe as "a responsible social manner"?
Hereabouts, dogs do not have the right to roam and must be kept on a lead on the highway or in any other public place.
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