Reply #9: Similar Problems In Other Areas [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

Unfortunately the media plays it up that people are gonna go hunting for someone's tabby, but you point out, properly, the problem ferral cats and other "domestic" animals have created in many rural areas.

There was a local problem in a rural area in Illinois where dogs, cats, hamsters, fish and other animals had been abandoned and were creating problems with local habitat. One "hero" released a pihrana in a local fishing pond that had to be totally drained...killing ALL the fish, and then the massive expense of restocking it. Another reported of dogs and raccoons going at it...with the racoons ending up on the losing end...with missing legs and serious injuries. No trash dumpster was safe and it was truly becoming a public health problem.

I'm far from an expert on this topic and find this debate interesting as I see the merit for controls on domestic animals since they can have an effect on the local ecosystem...especially now as more and more people move into once former rural areas and introduce more and more of these animals into places they weren't before.