You Would Think That A Former Scientific Researcher Would Have Some Common Sense

[DrFilth]

> he didn't want any wildlife living in the area <

but buys a place with a load of land

>he put the poison near a public right of way <


http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/020669209-ex-manchester-uni-researcher-fined-%C2%A32500-killing-neighbours-cat-cocktail-rat

[DrFilth]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/479874/Top-Scientist-Researcher-University-Poison-Cat-Food-Rats

[wolf63]

I am not an 'angry person' but I would feel the need to hurt that guy if he did that to my cat.

It was a pretty obvious outcome ~ cats and dogs are scavengers and just wouldn't be able to let a tasty morsel go uneaten.

I would prefer to think that he was just a moron who didn't think things through than a callous b... who was willing to inflict a painful death on a harmless creature.

I know that many people do not like cats (and I can understand their reasons) but I don't know (I hope) anyone who would harm any animal in such a way.

[DrFilth]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-kills-neighbours-cat-deadly-3635923

[ChillDoubt]

The problem with common sense is that it is anything but common, sadly in this case.

[wolf63]

Wait until they come out with the 'mentally ill' excuse. People like him give genuine looneys like me a bad name.

[naomi24]

Contrary to popular belief brains and sense do not necessarily automatically come as a package.

[ChillDoubt]

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

[jno]

there's nothing about claiming to be mentally ill. His case seems to be that he didn't know cats would eat baited poison like this. Seems plausible to me - there's not the slightest suggestion he deliberately killed the cat.

[DrFilth]

jno rat poison mixed with tuna and slug pellets near a public right of way so anyone with a dog or even a child could have picked it up not to mention any other wildlife

>he put the poison near a public right of way <

[naomi24]

Anyone with any sense should know that putting poison down is likely to be rather detrimental to the health of any animal that decides to sample it.

[jno]

it seems to be agreed there were no kids living nearby. Whatever the risks to wildlife, nothing happened to any of it. But he didn't think of the neighbours' cats. That's regrettable but I don't think it's a hanging offence.

On a public right of way would be dangerous. "Near" a public right of way just means "on his own land". I'm inclined to think you should be able to do pretty much what you like with your own land, including trying to kill rats, even if - like this guy - you're clearly living in the wrong sort of place.

[naomi24]

To ignore what?

[EDDIE51]

The problem seems to be he just left the poison out in the open , it should have been in a proper bait station so that only rats could get to it.
Some on here seem to think he deliberately set out to kill the cat which is almost certainly untrue.

[sandyRoe]

He had bacon and tuna mixed with the poison. If he'd used a grain based bait there'd have been less chance of cats being interested in it.

[naomi24]

Eddie, I don't think anyone thinks he deliberately set out to kill the cat.

[youngmafbog]

For once jno I am with you on this.

[jno]

we probably both need a stiff drink, youngmafbog.