Neighbours cat fouling our garden

Gordon_Hose

We bought one of those sonic things that are activated by movement. Worked a treat.

adouglasmhor

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Which law? The right to roam is a common misconception and doesn't actually exist in law. Cat owners remain 100% responsible for the actions of their cat, that's the law.

Really not true.

Pixie5740

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Really not true.

Which part are you disputing? It might be a commonly held view that cats have a right to roam but there is no piece of legislation that explicitly says this. Cats might not be covered by the Road Traffic, Highways and Dangerous Dogs Acts but that doesn't explicitly give them the right to roam.

Cat owners are 100% responsible for the actions of their pet, just the same as dog owners are so I'm really unsure as to which part of what I wrote you think is untrue.

prowla

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Cat owners are 100% responsible for the actions of their pet, just the same as dog owners are so I'm really unsure as to which part of what I wrote you think is untrue.

Are they?

It would be good if you could give a reference supporting that.

(I'm not arguing; I'd just like to know.)

needabed

Once you get rid of the cat you'll get the birds coming and pooping on the windows... :rotfl: And rats/mice pooping on the lawn... :rotfl:

DaftyDuck

Pixie, So would I like to know. I understood that a cat owner should take "reasonable care" for the actions of their cat, but no more than that. What that constitutes? Not a clue. My source was a Vet... A.K.A Mrs Dafty, so no chance of it being right....

sirmosh

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Your cat can exhibit normal behaviours in your home and garden. If your garden isn't big enough then you shouldn't have a cat. End of.

Many breeds of dogs were bred for hunting yet their owners manage to stop them going out and killing things.

It doesn't matter how big your garden is, cats often patrol around an area of a few miles, they will still leave your garden even if you've got an acre or two.

adouglasmhor

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Which part are you disputing? It might be a commonly held view that cats have a right to roam but there is no piece of legislation that explicitly says this. Cats might not be covered by the Road Traffic, Highways and Dangerous Dogs Acts but that doesn't explicitly give them the right to roam.

Cat owners are 100% responsible for the actions of their pet, just the same as dog owners are so I'm really unsure as to which part of what I wrote you think is untrue.

Intrinsicaly all of it. While you could possibly be held liable for any damage if it was shown it was due to your inaction or inaction, show me one case where this has ever happened?

woodworm001

I'm only adding this link as info ....

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/animal-law/cats-fouling.htm

and a quote from above ...

What is the law relating to cats fouling?

There are no specific laws which relate to cats and fouling.


The law of trespass

The law relating to the trespass of domestic animals is contained in the Animals Act 1971. However, cats enjoy a unique position as the Animals Act 1971 does not apply to them. A cat cannot, therefore, in law trespass. As a cat cannot trespass its owner cannot be legally responsible for what their cat does outside of their property.

TopQuark

Brock_and_Roll wrote: »

I once had a neighbour who collected "rescued cats". This co-incided with the time that I had two small toddlers who obviously loved to play in the garden.

As such the mass of the neighbours cat poop in my garden was not just a stinking mess, it was a potential health hazard for my children.

I did contemplate climbing over her fence and laying logs on her lawn whenever I felt the need. However, I went round to her house and told her politely but firmly that I would take any of her cats that came into my garden to a vets and have them put down. I was not sure how exactly I would have done this but it did the trick and the cats stopped coming into the garden!

I am amazed that people think it is ok for cats to foul other people's gardens and kill their wildlife under the pretext of that "they are just behaving naturally". This is of course true but if I kept a tiger or a dog that killed their cat there would be uproar despite both animals behaving naturally!

Frankly if the problem happened again on a regular basis I would do the job properly & humanely myself with a captive bolt gun and no one would ever know.

I once had a neighbour with two little kids. They kept kicking/throwing their ball into my garden, damaging plants, dirtying washing etc. I repeatedly asked the neighbours to ensure the kids kept the balls on their side of the fence (I used to throw them away but they just got new ones every time).

The neighbours were unhelpful and basically said that they were just kids being kids and they couldn't watch them every minute they were out in the garden. In the end, I just went round to their house and told them that if it ever happened again, then one day they'd arrive to pick little sh*t1 and little sh*t2 up from school and they'd never appear. That did the trick and since then I've had no problems with balls coming into my garden!!