Off the Cuff / My Other Journal

Against proposal for hunting pet cats

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read SMS's item on this subject.
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Wisconsin Natural Resources Department has a proposition on the table to hunt down all domestic cats, if they are roaming without collars. Any cat owner knows you can't easily make a cat wear a collar, even one against fleas. I have experienced this because I had cats and dogs before we started traveling so often and before allergies hit me.
They are actually thinking of including the cats under unprotected species so area hunters can hunt them as if game. Unbelievable!
How can anyone in his right mind can think of such a thing? Isn't this against nature itself? How can any Department of Natural Resources consider an idea like this?
Worse yet, what kind of people are we turning into if we let this happen?