Neighbours cat fouling our garden

adouglasmhor

woodworm001 wrote: »

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.

2006 act applies now.

woodworm001

adouglasmhor wrote: »

2006 act applies now.

Thanks - that was the first link I found but happy to be corrected

Vectis

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.

Can you point us all in the direction of the specific law which says this about cats, please? Many thanks.

Pixie5740

Vectis wrote: »

Can you point us all in the direction of the specific law which says this about cats, please? Many thanks.

I can't point you in the direction of a specific law which says the cats do or do not have the right to roam as no law exists. There is no law that says cats have a right to roam, it's just that cats are not covered in legislation that covers dogs and livestock. If you, or any of the other cat lovers on this thread can point me in the direction of legislation that explicitly says cats have the right to roam, which I've already asked for, I'd love to see it.

As for being responsible for what your cat does, of course the owner is completely responsible. If you allow your cat outside of your house and garden and that cat attacks and scratches someone then the owner is responsible. If the cat causes damage, for example digging up someone's prize begonias to take a dump then the cat owner is responsible for that damage. That is covered under the Animal Act of 1971 and the Common Law Duty of Care where cat owners do have a general duty at law to take
reasonable care to ensure that their cats do not cause injury to
people or damage to property.

It's just a pity that so many cat owners on this thread seem determined not to take responsibility for a pet that they, not their neighbours, have chosen. Therefore people not wanting cats in their gardens have to taken humane steps to keep the little !!!!!!s and their toxoplasmosis out, even though it has been shown on this thread that cat owners could contain their cats in their own gardens if they really wanted to.

I've already explained that comparing domesticated animals with wild animals is like comparing apples with oranges but this seems to be beyond some posters' comprehension.

mrs_sparrow

Pixie5740 wrote: »

I can't point you in the direction of a specific law which says the cats do or do not have the right to roam as no law exists.

Thank goodness we have finally cleared that up. Glad you got it at long last as you was starting to make yourself look a bit silly with that ranting.

May I suggest that when you finally get your house with a garden that you do not choose one around people or any other wildlife else you are going to be very angry, all of the time over your precious garden.

In fact, I cannot even believe that you are this angry over it when you do not even have a garden, actually hilarious. When you finally get your garden this may not ever happen to you, we get no cats pooing in our front garden (the dogs do not go out the front) at all and there are loads of cats nearby.

So, can we talk about daytime bonfires and BBQ smoke when I have my washing out instead now?

Gordon_Hose

I would have quite happily shot the cat that was doing his No.2's in my garden, and displayed it's severed head on the Victorian railing spikes surrounding my front garden as an example to cat owners. Disgusting little creature.

The same goes for the dog owners who don't clear up after their precious pooches.

All animal owners should have a moral duty of care to make sure their pets aren't making other peoples life a misery, regardless of what it says, or doesn't say, in law.

ceewash

This is a real problem to people who look after their gardens. My neighbour had 10 cats and there was nothing we could do, except clear it up. RSPCA were not able to do anything as long as they were being fed, it seems. No deterrant was effective in the face of so much poo.

Last week they moved and problem stopped.

Gordon_Hose

It's also a real problem for those of us with children who, in the summer, like to dig in the flower beds. Only to have them run up to you holding, what only can be described as, a lion bar.

But cats are allowed to roam free, so that is OK!

J_i_m

That this thread is still going is tedious and amusing in equal measures.

Indeed, it's getting a little bit silly now and has gone into semantic overdrive.

But what it does illustrate as social media / internet seems to have a panache for is that people (and many people at that) simply lack sense.

Pixie5740

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Thank goodness we have finally cleared that up. Glad you got it at long last as you was starting to make yourself look a bit silly with that ranting.

May I suggest that when you finally get your house with a garden that you do not choose one around people or any other wildlife else you are going to be very angry, all of the time over your precious garden.

In fact, I cannot even believe that you are this angry over it when you do not even have a garden, actually hilarious. When you finally get your garden this may not ever happen to you, we get no cats pooing in our front garden (the dogs do not go out the front) at all and there are loads of cats nearby.

So, can we talk about daytime bonfires and BBQ smoke when I have my washing out instead now?

Obviously it has not been cleared up as you still don't get it. There is NO law that explicitly says cats have the right to roam. There IS legislation that covers cat owners responsibilities.

You are STILL comparing pets with wild animals for some bizarre reason.

I have had gardens before and had to deal with cat poo. When I have a garden again then I'll install a cat scarecrow sprinkler because people like you refuse to take responsibility for your pet.

I guess George Carlin was right when he said, "Never argue with an idiot. They'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." Your ignorance is astounding and for that reason I'm out.