Neighbours cat fouling our garden

adouglasmhor

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. 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.

Absence of a law, means there is not a law. Not a dificult concept for most people.

Can you cite a case where someone has caught toxaplasmosis in the UK from cat waste? As oposed to the more comon vectors of undercooked or contaminated meat?

Oh and the 2006 act replaced the 1971 act 8 years ago.

Gordon_Hose

adouglasmhor wrote: »

You could supervise your children and make sure they aren't exposed to dangers.

What makes you think I don't?

Cat plop is easy too miss when the cat digs a hole, does it's business, then covers it back over. I'm not going to go round and dig an inch layer of dirt off everytime my son wants to play in the garden.

Pet owners who take no responsibility for their pets should be strung up. There is a poster on this thread who puts an outdoor litter tray out for their cat, these are the people I admire, because they care about their neighbours. Not the cretins who think "oh well, not my problem". This attitude seems par for the course nowadays, and those of us who care about our gardens, and the health of our children, should just suck it up.

aileth

Pixie5740 wrote: »

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.

Cats aren't the only source of toxoplasmosis, not by a long shot. Pretty much every single warm-blooded animal is capable.

Plus the only way you'd get toxoplasmosis from cat faeces is if you handled the faeces/soil, didn't wash your hands, ate with infected hands or ate the infected soil, or if a cat pooped in your pond and you then drank the infected pond water. You're more likely to get it from handling raw meat, but okay.

adouglasmhor

Pixie5740 wrote: »

There IS legislation that covers cat owners responsibilities.
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What exactly is the legislation and what does it say those responsibilities are?
If someone has too many cat's and they are causing a health hazard - Environmental Health Act applies, local councils can take action.

adouglasmhor

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

What makes you think I don't?

The fact you stated that your child runs up to you holding cat faeces.

Gordon_Hose

adouglasmhor wrote: »

The fact you stated that your child runs up to you holding cat faeces.

Seriously? Like I explained, it's easy to miss once the cat has buried it.

But you missed that bit, because it makes a complete mockery of what you said. Which is also why you edited it out of your post and completely changed it.

To suggest I don't supervise my children in the garden is a completely ridiculous thing to say.

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needabed

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

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.

You see it and don't like it, but what about what you can't see? Bird and rat poop literally covers your garden.

Children are far more likely to get sick from germs covering every surface of your house, the food they eat and the air they breath.

If they like to dig get a sand box with a lid.

phoenix_w

Gordon_Hose wrote:

All animal owners should have a moral duty of care to make sure their pets aren't making other peoples life a misery

Inconsiderate neighbours keeping people up all hours with loud noise makes life a "misery". A cat doing it's business on your lawn so you have to scoop it up and put it in the bin is an "inconvenience", and one that can be largely avoided with a few simple techniques to make your space less desirable to them.

Gordon_Hose

needabed wrote: »

You see it and don't like it, but what about what you can't see? Bird and rat poop literally covers your garden.

Children are far more likely to get sick from germs covering every surface of your house, the food they eat and the air they breath.

If they like to dig get a sand box with a lid.

See, I have to adjust my living arrangements to pander to pet owners. I guess I'll just never understand it! Why do I have to fork out money, why can't cat owners buy outdoor litters trays like another poster in this thread has?

As I already stated I've bought a sonar repellent which cured the issue. I just don't like being told I, and my family, should just put up with it because I'm the irresponsible one for not digging out my flower beds every day to check for cat mess.

Gordon_Hose

phoenix_w wrote: »

Inconsiderate neighbours keeping people up all hours with loud noise makes life a "misery". A cat doing it's business on your lawn so you have to scoop it up and put it in the bin is an "inconvenience", and one that can be largely avoided with a few simple techniques to make your space less desirable to them.

I don't play loud music.

The cats were doing it in the flower beds then burying it. If it was on my lawn I'd easily be able to see it and deal with it.

I've already made my space less desirable.