Thread: Taumarunui golf club cat / Facebook mob

Some of you may have seen this news story this morning. It’s certainly getting quite a lot of attention.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/justic...5IYZPL3LNODNA/

Whilst the video in this article has the old fella’s face and rego blurred, he is not blurred in the Facebook version and most in the local community will know who he is by now.

I looked up the Facebook page referenced in the article and was predictably gobsmacked by the hysterical commentary. The SPCA did make a comment about the fact that it is not illegal to shoot a cat as long as it doesn’t suffer, and that there is no legal distinction between a pet and a pest.

But the issue here is the use of the firearm. I am really hoping this fella is able to prove he met the requirements of the law when he talks to the police. Else he's gonna be in a spot of bother. It's likely the golf club folks have been shooting rabbits for years and years.

Anyway, this is what can happen at the hands of hostile witnesses with phone cameras, irrespective of whether the actions or activities are justified or not. Maybe old mate wasn't too smart and was far too close to the houses, maybe not... but that matters not, for The Mob has spoken! This is a real risk for me in my area, as I've mentioned on here before - lots of anti-shooting cat-loving predator-denying ex-suburban rural-wannabees.

This on the day that in Australia the feral cat was listed as the number one most expensive pest, with an estimated annual >$18 BILLION spent on trying to control them! Like WTF how much???

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