Cops eyeball 'cat jihadist'

[SON OF HARRY HOPE]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) -- A Chattanooga, Tenn., man who declared a
"cat jihad" against stray cats in a local newspaper column is
being investigated by city police.

Sally Delashmitt called police when the number of stray cats she was
feeding began dwindling, and her neighbor, Max Gerskin, wrote in his
weekly column in the Chattanooga Pulse he had declared "cat jihad."

Gerskin complained in his column Delashmitt and the local humane
society had ignored his complaints about the strays and said he had
taken
matters into his own hands.

"As a result of her failure to cease and desist, I've officially
become a trapper and it's time to take a walk to the river," he wrote.


Detective Sgt. Steve Dillard told WDEF-TV an investigation was under
way.

"He (Gerskin) has told me that he is not hurting animals, or doing
anything to them that would be illegal, or being cruel to them in any
way,"
Dillard said.

Animal shelter manager Guy Bilyeu said Gerskin could face serious
consequences if it's determined his column is more than a hoax or "bad
writing," the report said.

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Post by SON OF HARRY HOPE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) -- A Chattanooga, Tenn., man who declared a
"cat jihad" against stray cats in a local newspaper column is
being investigated by city police.

Feral housecats are a serious threat to wildlife and contribute greatly
to predatory stress on bird populations. Housecats are about as far
from being an endangered species as can be imagined. There is nothing
wrong with humane culling of this excessive cat population and
fanatical cat lovers can go take a flying fuck.

[SON OF HARRY HOPE]

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Post by SON OF HARRY HOPE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) -- A Chattanooga, Tenn., man who declared a
"cat jihad" against stray cats in a local newspaper column is
being investigated by city police.

Feral housecats are a serious threat to wildlife and contribute greatly
to predatory stress on bird populations. Housecats are about as far
from being an endangered species as can be imagined. There is nothing
wrong with humane culling of this excessive cat population and
fanatical cat lovers can go take a flying fuck.

Just for the sake of discussion, whould you be so kind as to define
what you mean by “humane culling” of this excessive cat population?
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It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel
needed."
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Post by SON OF HARRY HOPE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) -- A Chattanooga, Tenn., man who declared a
"cat jihad" against stray cats in a local newspaper column is
being investigated by city police.

Feral housecats are a serious threat to wildlife and contribute greatly
to predatory stress on bird populations. Housecats are about as far
from being an endangered species as can be imagined. There is nothing
wrong with humane culling of this excessive cat population and
fanatical cat lovers can go take a flying fuck.

Just for the sake of discussion, whould you be so kind as to define
what you mean by "humane culling" of this excessive cat population?

Whatever commonly used methods that are approved for controlling other
out of control wildlife populations seems reasonable to me. I'll leave
that determination up to the animal control experts.