I apologize if this doesn't belong here, I just need to vent.

[G535]

Apart from moving out (yes, I know it's easier said than done) all I can suggest is that you keep the cats in your part of the house and lock the door when you're not there. He sounds like a horrible person and I hope you can move soon!

[icedtea]

what goes around comes around, matey. he will get what he deserves, being patient kills ya but it will happen.

[Sevaede]

what goes around comes around, matey. he will get what he deserves, being patient kills ya but it will happen.

Well then he will be getting a lot! Heh, I can be patient.

[*JTM*Coco*pi*Caramel*]

I find SOME older ppl especially men have this point of view. Like they think well if you must have an animal around, don't buy food for it, feed it scraps, and if it gets sick shoot it I don't get this but I hear it all the time. Where my Mom is from backyard cat shooting is a sport. I once saw a cat in a rabbit snare which is a trap and when the cat goes in a wire wraps around the part that set the trap off, a paw. So that cats paw is tightly wraped in wire and then it hangs there Anyways I was inside and heard this terrible crying and when I went out to see what it was I saw the neighbour stick the barrel of a 22 in the trap and he shot that cat. I am forever haunted by this and I was physically sick after. I don't know why ppl do things like this. Animals are living breathing things just as we are and have personalities and souls. How would FIL feel if every time he went out we shot at him? I don't think he would like that Good luck to you.

[Sevaede]

I find SOME older ppl especially men have this point of view. Like they think well if you must have an animal around, don't buy food for it, feed it scraps, and if it gets sick shoot it I don't get this but I hear it all the time. Where my Mom is from backyard cat shooting is a sport. I once saw a cat in a rabbit snare which is a trap and when the cat goes in a wire wraps around the part that set the trap off, a paw. So that cats paw is tightly wraped in wire and then it hangs there Anyways I was inside and heard this terrible crying and when I went out to see what it was I saw the neighbour stick the barrel of a 22 in the trap and he shot that cat. I am forever haunted by this and I was physically sick after. I don't know why ppl do things like this. Animals are living breathing things just as we are and have personalities and souls. How would FIL feel if every time he went out we shot at him? I don't think he would like that Good luck to you.

I know. It's like these folks think that just because people got a slight jump on the food chain that they forget that they are "just animals" too. We are mammals, like cats and dogs and so forth. Besides, they aren't exactly the prime example of peoples anyways. Not exactly up to breed standard!

[Sonia59]

OMG, this guy believes he is better than animals, with such bad ideas in mind I don't understand -but of course there is nothing to understand - how some people can be so bad, just for free!

Hope he will do nothing bad,
Take care

[moosmom]

Your FIL sounds like a real jerk. I'd tell him in no uncertain terms that if ANYTHING happens to ANY of your animals, you're going to the police and tell them what he threatened to do. You've got a witness so it's your word against his.

I also think Catty1 is right. He sounds like he's not a very happy person.

[catmandu]

What a Jerk.
You should tell him what the Penalty is for Animal Cruelty where you are.
Or tell him that that will end any relationship and we will never ever see any Grand Children.
As Bugs Bunny said What a MAROOOOOOOON!!!!

[Miss Z]

Oh dear, I can understand why you would be so upset. I would be at boiling point There is NO WAY he could shoot your cat, that's like you going and shooting one of your neighbour's kids, it's just NOT done.

He thinks, "A dog is a dog. One gets sick, you shoot em, and you get another one. They cost like, what, ten cents? They're JUST animals. It's not like they're human beings."

GRRRRRAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH! Let me at him!!!!! I think I would have been close to hitting him if he said that to me! I hope everything turns out OK and your FIL doesn't attempt anything drastic.

[Sevaede]

What a Jerk.
You should tell him what the Penalty is for Animal Cruelty where you are.
Or tell him that that will end any relationship and we will never ever see any Grand Children.
As Bugs Bunny said What a MAROOOOOOOON!!!!

I wouldn't want him around any of my children (if we happen to have any) in any case. He's a creepy drunkard.

[Sevaede]

Your FIL sounds like a real jerk. I'd tell him in no uncertain terms that if ANYTHING happens to ANY of your animals, you're going to the police and tell them what he threatened to do. You've got a witness so it's your word against his.

I also think Catty1 is right. He sounds like he's not a very happy person.

He is a humongous jerk. Oh, you can bet your booty that I've been itching to see if I could contact somebody about the conditions that he has his animals in, even. I mean, just WRETCHED conditions.

[Sevaede]

Apart from moving out (yes, I know it's easier said than done) all I can suggest is that you keep the cats in your part of the house and lock the door when you're not there. He sounds like a horrible person and I hope you can move soon!

We are trying, trying, trying! We are almost to a moveable point so we are pretty jazzed up. We keep them locked up when we are not home so as to prevent any "accidents".