by Neil Sanderson | Oct 9, 2017 | Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
We hate having to repost stories like this, but cat owners need to know that there are some very vicious people out there. This story is not as unusual as we might like to think. People use illegal gin traps to maim or kill roaming kittens, even in an upmarket suburb...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 29, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
I was reading a story online about a roaming cat that got its paw stuck in a leg-hold trap set by a neighbour. This case was in the Canadian city of Regina – although we’ve certainly had similar occurrences here in New Zealand recently. Something else that...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 8, 2016 | Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
And here we go again: a roaming kitten loses its leg apparently because of a hostile neighbour’s illegal leg-hold trap. From today’s Taranaki Daily News: A kitten believed to have been caught in a gin trap crawled home and left a pool of blood outside its...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 4, 2016 | Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
Barely a month after hearing about a Palmerston North man convicted of catching his neighbour’s cat in a leg-hold trap, we have this from today’s Hawke’s Bay Today: …cats get a bad rap, despite the fact they don’t bark incessantly and lay...
by Neil Sanderson | May 20, 2016 | Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
Unfortunately, we cannot assume that all humans are decent and compassionate towards animals – including our pets. This is from today’s New Zealand Herald: A man captured a neighbour’s pet cat in a leg-hold trap to prevent it from hunting birds on...
