I give my full support for the actions of 'Patty” and her other neighbours attempting to alleviate the gross nuisance caused by the straying tom cat in their area. It is hard to comprehend the mentality of the alleged owner to allow an un-neutered mongrel male cat to roam every night.
I sympathise with them over the verbal abuse they are being subjected to. Possibly the callers are the same coven of foul mouthed hags that call me each time I write suggesting that cats should be marked and registered so the owners can be identified and the strays rounded up and eradicated.
It should not fall on the shoulders of the individual ratepayers like 'Patty” to cope with the problem.
The SPCA should stop this ridiculous campaign of re-housing unwanted cats, the City suburbs are saturated with them. At the time that we are encouraged to grow our own veggies the gardens are being plastered with cat excrement and the dry faeces spread a disease that can cause pregnant women to abort.
Why doesn't the Council animal control department have a cheap way for people to dispose of their unwanted pets and why isn't the Health Department involved.
Pip Worlledge, Tauranga.