Sniper Cats

Feral cats in Wisconsin take the law into their own hands ...er, paws in response to Monday night's vote on whether to give hunters the right to shoot feral cats that are attacking birds.



"I think the feral cat is truly a wild animal and very destructive to wildlife,” said Wisconsin hunter Terry Hines. "And now, feral cats will kill people, too."

On the ballot was whether to designate free-roaming feral cats as an unprotected species. A free-roaming domesticated cat would be defined as one without a collar or a cat not under the owner’s direct control.

To become law, the measure would have to go through the Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin State Legislature.