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Old March 23rd 04, 07:15 AM
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Actually here in the Phoenix area the Humane Society teamed up with Silent
Witness so people could report acts of animal cruelty. If the person
committing the crime is caught and convicted the person who reported the
crime and provided the info could find themselves up to $5,000 richer.
Perhaps where the OP lives they could set up a similar system. As for the
police not caring, some do. I know the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department
has an animal cruelty unit and where I live in Scottsdale there is an animal
cruelty code. The Scottsdale Police can't ignore that one or the City
Council might not hear the end of it from the residents.

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"JoJo" wrote in message
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Maybe you could tell the police that they may change their story if a
child were to get shot instead of a cat. It's a possibility if kids are

in
the area, that would get their attention in a hurry. Perhaps tell them

not
only do you fear for the cats getting shot, but you also fear for kids
getting hit. Its worked for me in the past (different situation, no cats
getting hurt - abandoned car kids were playing in, wouldn't tow it until

you
mentioned kids were playing in it).

If I were close by I'd like to go after the BB guy too. Rotten bun of a
sitch. Shooting them isn't going to make them go away.

Cops (please any cops out there I am not stereotyping!) sometimes seem

as
if they could care less about cats. Two neighborhood girls found two
kittens in a box on the side of the road, they called our local police
department. The *nice* officer on charge told them to let them go in the
woods. (I really wanted to show him the working end of his service

revolver
for that comment) It was October and already getting cold. They know I
foster so came knocking on my door. They (kittens) were absolute
sweethearts, I took them to the shelter and both were adopted within a

day.

Good luck, maybe the gun will jam and backfire so he'll get a load of

BB's
instead of the cats.

JoJo
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"Lashton" wrote in message
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I work as a volunteer with a DFW-area rescue group.

A couple of months ago, we received a call from a man who is
attempting to trap and alter the strays around his apt. complex. He
also has a couple of neighbors who don't like the strays, and one
jarhead has been shooting at the strays with a pellet gun.

We haven't yet found a suitable place to relocate the strays and are
still trying to trap them all. In the meantime, does anyone have any
ideas how to deal with Mr. Gunslinger with the pellet gun? The man
we're helping has already reported the shootings to Dallas police, as
it is illegal to fire this type of gun within city limits, but they
don't seem interested in even speaking to this guy. Obviously it would
be nearly impossible to catch him in the act.

I have already offered to stake out the place and put a BB in this
guy's butt, but we're pretty broke and I doubt my fellow cat ladies
could bail me out.