On Tuesday, 27 August 2019 14:57:47 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:05:08 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 26/08/2019 21:39, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:35:52 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 24/08/2019 20:04, T i m wrote:
should a cat that wasn't under control cause an
accident and the 'owner' was to be traced and held responsible (as I
understand they can under certain circumstances).

BUll****.

Nope (I hope you weren't depending on that).


There are no circumstances in UK law where that is possible.

Wrong again ...

No evidence for that though, just your mistaken belief

There is plenty of evidence out there in the form of 'Laws'. Look them
up and learn something for a change.

I bet you can't show us that evidence, probaly because it doesn't exist.

Liability For Cat Damage

This is a tricky area of the law with no universal answer. It can be said that cat owners have a duty of care to take reasonable steps to prevent their cat causing harm to others or damage to property but unlike dogs and livestock, cats have the €˜right to roam meaning that they do not have to be securely confined by their owners. If a cat is causing a nuisance through noise or fouling a neighbours garden, then steps should be taken to prevent this. Failure to do so may force the neighbour to contact the council who will assess the level of nuisance and have the power to issue anti social behaviour orders (ASBOs) which carry a criminal offense if not complied with.


cats are free agents.

Till you take one and dump it in the woods somewhere ... then all of a
sudden they are someone's property?

Cats are free agents.

Some can be.

All are in law presently.


They roam at will unless locked in

Nope. Some won't roam (outside their own property) even if they could.

true mine doesn't, but eh problem can be that a cat gets scared and once it leaves their know property they get lost.


and
there are no legal consequences for the 'owner'.

You are an idiot.

But you're a bigger one.



They simply
take up residence where food is provided but will quite
happily take up residence elsewhere if the food is 'better'.

Quite possibly but completely irrelevant to the duty of care and
responsibility a cat owner has under *Law*.

complete rubbish.



This is particularly the case when a cat owner is aware that their car
roams and can be aggressive (towards other animals or people) or is
likely to cause damage to other peoples property.

Only in extreme cirumstancies that are so few and far between it;s virtually unknown.

When was the last time a dometci cat was put down because it was a danger to someone. How often have you heard of peole keeping cats to have cat fights like they do with dogs.


Cheers, T i m