A woman wants a change in the law after her cat was killed by a loose dog.

Jess Rozee’s cat Kitty was killed where she lives in Swindon - she said CCTV footage shows her pet being chased, chewed, shaken then left still just alive by two men with the dog.

Ms Rozee has started a petition that so far has 7,000 signatures on it, asking to make it an offence for a person’s dog to kill another pet, by prosecuting owners.

  • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Did you read the article?

    The dog was out on a walk, with the owners, there’s literally no excuse for an untrained dog not being on a leash. The dog owners then left her obviously injured cat to die rather than getting it veterinary care.

    That’s a real dumbly over simplified false equivalency.

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      9 months ago

      Should be on a leash no matter what. You don’t know what’s going to cause it to run.

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      9 months ago

      If she kept the cat inside. It would not be dead. Cats do not need to go outside.

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      9 months ago

      So?

      Feral cats are a thing, and there was a loose cat, that’s worse than an off leash dog, which may not be illegal there. But at an at large cat is always illegal.

      So you want someone who was maybe doing nothing illegal to be responsible for someone who was without a doubt doing something illegal?

      Does that make any sense to you…?

      • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        Feral cats are a thing, and there was a loose cat, that’s worse than an off leash dog, way may not be illegal there. But at an at large cat is always illegal.

        Wtf are you talking about?

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          9 months ago

          ………

          Every city has them, how do you not know what a feral cat is lmfao. They even out number domesticated by a ratio of 3:1….

          Of the 700 million cats in the world, an estimated 480 million are feral.

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            9 months ago

            I understand what feral cats are, just not your abomination of a sentence.

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              9 months ago

              I fixed my single typo that didn’t affect the overall context of my comment, by the time you responded, but of course trolls ignore that to justify being like this. So only you and your quote show that.

              Get help dude.

              • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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                9 months ago

                Lol if there was just a single typo then your point itself must have been nonsense.

                A loose cat is not worse than an off leash dog, a loose house cat is not the same thing as a feral cat, and a loose cat is not illegal.

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                  9 months ago

                  Actually check your local jurisdictions law. Most cities ban loose animals (cats), which is why it’s illegal….

                  So you can’t comprehend my point because of your ignorance? That’s what I already thought, thanks for confirming it for everyone else here.

                  A legally off leash dog killed an illegally off leash cat (at large) and you want people to mad at the person who was doing nothing illegal. You’re an idiot. If you can’t comprehend this I feel feel sad for future generations…,

                  Most laws specify all pets must be in your control while outside, this means leashed or in a fenced backyard. Cats are not excluded…. Read your local laws or atleast understand overall state/federal regulations before speaking up yeeesh.

                  • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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                    9 months ago

                    Actually check your local jurisdictions law. Most cities ban loose animals (cats), which is why it’s illegal….

                    Nope, some just require them to be registered / have a license, and in the UK, you know, the country we’re talking about, cats have had the legal right to roam freely. Since 1971.

                    So since youre so confident, why don’t you go ahead and cite your source for “most cities” regulations. Or failing that, why don’t you cite your source for the regulations of the city in the article?

                    So you can’t comprehend my point because of your ignorance? That’s what I already thought, thanks for confirming it for everyone else here.

                    No because of your nonsense (factually wrong) points. But don’t worry, it’s totally everyone else who is wrong. You could never be wrong. You’re the special boy with special powers.

                    A legally off leash dog killed an illegally off leash cat (at large) and you want people to mad at the person who was doing nothing illegal.

                    Lol, unlike cats, it is illegal for a dog to be outdoors and off leash in the UK.

                    You seem to fundamentally not understand what the laws are around pet ownership in the UK.

                    Maybe don’t spew your Americanness everywhere. I know it’s hard for you people to understand, but not every country is in fact America.