Vandalism?

Pauline · Post by **Pauline** » Tue Apr 16, 2002 10:13 pm

Robbie, do it, buy a super soaker! I've got three really cheeky cats so I asked the vet what I could do with them, as they always ignored me!

He recommended a water pistol - they just get wet and it does them no harm. Now my cats are perfectly behaved and georgeous (squirted them into shape!) BUT!!! it's the neighbours that I squirt now

and all I have to do is pump it up and they run a mile! It works, go on, try it! Pauline

pow · Post by **pow** » Tue Apr 16, 2002 10:21 pm

sounds good to me. Any excuse for a trip to toys r us.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Tue Apr 16, 2002 11:21 pm

I live in Manchester and park mine on the road/close its right outside my bedroom window though so just if, if anything happened i might just see.
Never had any damage on mine apart from football marks by the kids off the Close but they know better now!!

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 12:29 am

Pauline, that's it! minds made up. Going to buy a super soaker to soak those vandalizing moggies.

PS. Was that really your neighbours you soaked (or their cats - or both?)

Robbie.

Insomniac · Post by **Insomniac** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 3:52 am

Mine is kept in a secure underground car park.. both at the flat and at work. Interesting though that even though access to both these car parks is by remote control via very secure automatic gates the insurance companies don't give a damn! Both garages are also monitored by CCTV. With security watching the cameras it would have to be a very very very unlucky day to have anything happen to it.

I wonder why the insurance peeps won't take all this into account. My insuance premium is over a grand a year!

DPH · Post by **DPH** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:44 am

Back to the cats, one solution is to sprinkle the bonnet with some pepper (they don't like that at all), alternatively you could get one of those cat scarers from somewhere like homefree.co.uk (not sure if they work). Personally I like the idea of drowning them with a super soaker but if you pump it up too much you may end up with a Vet bill for setting it's ribs.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 2:21 pm

Personally I like the idea of drowning them with a super soaker but if you pump it up too much you may end up with a Vet bill for setting it's ribs.

I'm not sure you would. Cats aren't classed as property in the same way as dogs are so I'm not sure whether you could get sued for an injury to a cat (in the same way that you don't have to stop and report a motor accident involving a cat, whereas you do with a dog).

Having the RSPCA turn up on your doorstep is an entirely different matter though :razz:

M275 · Post by **M275** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 2:30 pm

Talking about super soakers

We'll be purchasing one for the convoy up to Drayton Manor - so beware all you going up from the south - Roof down - Squirted !

M

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 3:11 pm

Sorry alexis, but cats are still usually the property of the owner and if damaged, like any other property, one can sue for suitable repair to injury, especially if its an expensive cat having been injured as a result of negligence or wilful harm by another (apart from the cruelty to animal legislation of course).

Mind you, its works both ways of course. If someones property (ie a cat) were to damage another animal or the paintwork of my vehicle, then provided I had suitable proof, I could present the bill of repair to the owners.

Your right about dogs being classed slightly differently in the eyes of the law, and that privilage is because of the licence fee for dogs paid by their owners.

The moral of this post?

Well, if its a common moggie on top of my CC, then I'll
supersoak it.

If its an expensive persian, then I might just try to talk it down.

Robbie

[ This Message was edited by: robbie on 2002-04-17 14:36 ]

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:38 pm

Nah, dogs have always been classed differently even before the requirement for a licence.

Simon (PugSport) · Post by **Simon (PugSport)** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:47 pm

Is it not true that U must report injuring/killing a dog to the Police, whereas with cats U do not.. ?

I'm sure cats are classed as Pests/vermin

But not my Cat, she is loverly..

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:54 pm

This is true, unless you know the dog's owner in which case you report it directly to them.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 5:52 pm

Well it is true and the reason for it, as I stated above, or at least that is what I was taught at the Metropolitan Police Training School at Hendon, but then again, what would they know?

A dog having been licenced becomes a protected animal, that is, it has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures. Any person injuring such an animal as a result of an accident is bound to report it.

[ This Message was edited by: robbie on 2002-04-17 17:18 ]

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 7:34 pm

why not just shoot the cat ? problem solved !

[ This Message was edited by: Derek on 2002-04-17 18:35 ]

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 1:27 am

Derek, you never cease to amaze me with your simple but effective solutions

Better not get caught though.