People throwing stones at cats

hi jugsjugs that also ticks me off and makes me want to throw those stones back at the person doing that.Of courseI do not as that would not help anything, I will not tolerate abusing animals if I am around someone who doesthatI will try to stop them. there was a pond at a local library here in Orange County where the library staff keep a flock of ducks for people to enjoy watching them. we could get sacks of bread crumbs to throw at them. but I caught two boys about fifteen or sixten who had put large pebbles in a sack and I stopped them. they thought it was funny to pelt these inncoent ducks with their ducklings with those stones. They were not any too happy with me but they left. one of the librarians told me those boys had been caught before and once had called the police on them, as they are now denied inside the library or to takeout any media from the library. I never sawy them again which made me happy. I did patronize that library a lot during those years. Thosetwo acted like little spoilded brats when I took away their sack of rocks. One of the other vistors there actually took them by the arms and paraded them off the premises. the man told them if they returned he would kick their butts.he was not as gentle as I had been and I think they were a bit afraid of him. after all most people around there knew he was an off duty policeman that worked nights.

It never enters their tiny minds that turning the hose on the cat might be a better choice.

I feel the same way you. It's not a good sight and certainly disheartening to see people doing that. I also don't like animals to be in my garden or anywhere within the parameter of my property but throwing stones at them is not right. I am actually looking for a plant commonly known as scaredy cat, it's scientific name is coleus canina. Its smell repels cat, dogs, rabbits and other animals. It's available in U.S and Europe but I can't find it here in my country.

that's a terrible thing to do,if i have someone elses cat in my garden i don't mind,but if they come in my cat flap then they will get a cup of water thrown at them,water works just aswell as anything else and it does'nt hurt them

Well I'm angry too if some people do these nasty things to cats; I love cats in fact I have three. I believe these kind of people are sadistic and need to be mentally examined. They are also a threat to society; if they can hurt a cat how much more on humans?

i love animals. i have a big garden so i have 8 cats. I hate people who behave violently at animals. If they were cats???????????????

somebody threw a rock at my original cat in my own yard once-he got the surprise of his life when my almost 6'5 dad came out from behind his car and lifted him off his feet and threatened to throw him at a rock..

I would like to throw a stone at those guys. But then, on the other hand, I would hope the cat owners would keep their cats on their own property. I have enough trouble with rabbits and squirrels, so it is fortunate that my nice neighbors keep their cats and dogs on their side of the fence, as we live pretty close in here.

I can tell you why....there are alot of really mean people out there. You are so right, a little water, or even a "Boo!" will scare a cat off. I think they feel powerful when they can hurt things, makes them feel big and strong. Man will always be barbaric I'm afraid.

Thankfully I've never seen anyone do this. However, if I were to see someone doing that to an animal I would be very, very mad. With our kitty when he is misbehaving we will get our hands damp and flick the water at Cornbread. Unfortunately this isn't as effective with Cornbread as it is with a lot of cats because he was a stray and lived outside during our wet winter. However, it does serve as a form of deterrent for him.

Hi Jugsjugs I really don't like to hear when animals are being mistreated thats just not right I have a cat and it would really make me angry for him to be treated that way thats one of the reasons why I'm glad he's and indoor cat The cats your talking about must be strays it would be best just to throw water or get a hose to them they don't like water and that will surely get rid of them for a while anyway. But it won't hurt them and much more humane than throwing stones at them there are some real sick and sadistic people in the world today with nothing else better to do with their time

Hi Jugs..This infuriates me!!! If I see something like that being done, I will stop my car, or my walk or whatever i'm doing and approach that person. I know I probably shouldn't because there are so many crazy people out there and anyone who would harm a cat isn't right in the head to begin with. Cats are not bothering anybody by walking through a yard or a garden or whatever. They are free roaming animals by law and really have the right to do that. They mean no harm and don't deserve such behavior. I asked a kid once that I say throwing big rocks at a cat if he would mind standing against the wall of a building while I hurled rocks at him. He looked at me like I was crazy. He says, no, I don't think so and so I asked him "than what gives you the right to throw rocks at that harmess cat?" No answer of course..I don't trust anyone who would hurt an animal. I hate them actually and would have no problem hurting them and would sleep very well that night. Two wrongs do not make a right, but someone has to help those that can't help themselfs..Worse even. One day I saw a man hurl out of his speeding car on the interstate a black trash bag. Later I heard on the news that the bag was full of kittens and it caused a 3 car crash..How could you be so cold..If you have the energy to bag the kittens, take them in the car to the interstate and throw them out then why the hell can't you take them to the Humane Society where they will surely get homes. (kittens always do) As you can tell this is a very sore subject for me being the animal lover I am and being involved in 3 organizations that help abused, stray and unwanted dogs and cats..It makes my blood boil...

I can't understand why people are so cruel either. Why would anyone have anything against cat's? Or dogs for that matter or any animal. Ok if you don't like them just make a sound and they will probably run away...but stones...can you be any more primitive than that? I really don't understand some people!

I think that is absolutely awful. Some people have so little regard for animals just because they aren't humans and it absolutely sickens me. There were other ways to go about getting an animal off of your property without seriously injuring it. I could never harm an animal in this way at all. Some people are just really a piece of work and it's disgusting.

I agree with you. I think that is very mean and unkind. Even if they dont like the cat, it belongs to someone and they should respect it.

When I first started working at Maggie's place, she was keeping a cat but not officially. So, each day I would have to put the cat out at the end of the day. One afternoon, this child, that then lived across the hall from her called the cat over, and tried to kick her. (Gee, I wonder why Minnie doesn't like children - I wonder why I don't like children.) I had just gotten into my car, but I kind of had a bad feeling about this and was watching. I came out of that car so fast, and roared "NO!" (doesn't matter the child only spoke Spanish - its the SAME!) His mom also saw him (and probably me too) she grabbed him away from the cat and swatted his back end and also told him "No!" I must say, that child was a lot more wary of me, and the cat, after that... I haven't had a lot of interaction with her neighbors until the last one, because they didn't speak much English, but that was one set of neighbors I was GLAD to see go!

I know some people who just simply hate cats for god knows what reason. They don't think of how the cat feels because they really don't care. They look at it as some lower life form.

I don't like things being thrown at animals either. They are just doing what comes naturally to them. Running them off is a much better way.

These people don't care if they are hurting this cats or some animals. I also get angry whenever I see kid's, adults throwing something to cats/animals. Sometimes I tell kid's that they stop what their doing.

Yeah me too. I love cats so much