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Alt_F4
Posts: 391
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Hey,
Quickie for anyone who has experience/law insight. My girlfriend's cat (lol) apparently went to a house nearby and killed a pair of "Red Breeding Canaries". The cage was located in their backyard. The owner of the birds came around later and was quite angry, claiming the birds cost ~$400. He also said the cage might have been broken. So basically, where does she stand on this? And anyone know anything about that type of bird? |
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Triamks
Posts: 1403
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Killing the cat and claiming it never existed is the only option I can see.
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| #1 09:01pm 14/11/07 |
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TufNuT
I like eel pie
Posts: 3320
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Killing the cat and claiming it never existed is the only option I can see. indeed! |
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| #2 09:06pm 14/11/07 |
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Fubar
Posts: 307
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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nah just kill the neighbour and deni he ever had a bird
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| #3 09:24pm 14/11/07 |
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trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 21922
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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is it certain that it was the cat that did it?
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| #4 09:28pm 14/11/07 |
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Alt_F4
Posts: 392
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Yeah, the wife of the guy claims to have seen it happen.
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| #5 09:28pm 14/11/07 |
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fade
Posts: 3023
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Standard of proof in civil matters is only balance of probability so a witness statement is usually enough.
quick question: 1) Has the cat ever done this before? even killed a wild bird? |
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| #6 09:41pm 14/11/07 |
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Bah
Posts: 18
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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So she just sat there watching the cat break into the cage then eat the birds?
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| #7 10:37pm 14/11/07 |
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Alt_F4
Posts: 394
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Hasn't hassled any neighbor's pets or anything - I think it has brought in mice etc. occasionally though. So she just sat there watching the cat break into the cage then eat the birds? Lol yeah my thoughts too. |
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| #8 10:39pm 14/11/07 |
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Tollaz0r!
Posts: 8183
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Was she sure it was your cat and not a similar looking cat?
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| #9 10:43pm 14/11/07 |
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Alt_F4
Posts: 395
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Pretty sure that it was their cat.
Oh and they also threatened to kill the cat if it goes in their yard again. |
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| #10 10:53pm 14/11/07 |
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Superform
Posts: 4783
Location: Netherlands
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finders keepers
maybe the wife should have chased the cat with a rolling pin |
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infi
Posts: 7379
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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if the glove does not fit, you must acquit!
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CHUB
Posts: 3596
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Oh and they also threatened to kill the cat if it goes in their yard again.lol, hope you threatened to kill them. |
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teq
Posts: 510
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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lawl, thats pretty funny
seriously though, just deny deny deny deny deny |
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TicMan
Posts: 2788
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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So basically, where does she stand on this? Upright, telling them to f*** off. And anyone know anything about that type of bird? Absolute crap bird - for $400 you want something that can fight back. |
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| #15 05:50pm 15/11/07 |
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shad
Posts: 2106
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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So how did this cat break into the cage. Most cats seem pretty retarded when trying to do anything more than pounce on something.
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| #16 07:30pm 15/11/07 |
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natslovR
Posts: 5536
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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Strap a bluetooth GPS to your cats collar. Fudge some data for the last week in notepad. Go over to the person's place with the GPS collar and your fudged data. Say "my cats never been to this location", hand them the piece of paper showing fudged data for last week. Tell them their own GPS co-ordinates. Show them it's not on the sheet at the time they said cause your cat was down a drain kissing some other cats arse.
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| #17 07:33pm 15/11/07 |
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whoop
Posts: 11999
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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I reckon the birds escaped so they broke the cage and blamed the cat
So how did this cat break into the cage. Most cats seem pretty retarded when trying to do anything more than pounce on something. our cat broke a steel cat cage in order to escape its trip to the vet, lucky the windows in the car were up. He broke the lock right the f*** off the cage door pushing on it so hard. |
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shad
Posts: 2107
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Or something else broke in first and the cat just went to town on free canary. When we owned quails, rats were always worse for trying to break into cages than cats.
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ctd
Posts: 5652
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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We got this cage hanging off the roof of our deck and I woke up one morning to find our 3 birds heads cut off, I still don't know how the f*** it happened. Can budgies do that to each other or was it an intruder?
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Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1982
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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I'm pretty sure you're responsible for your pets when they're out and about. I've heard of people getting fined because their cat went out and killed protected species. I think it's a fair call, if a pet is gonna go out and kill s*** and be an a****** the owners should put it down/keep it inside.
Wouldn't they have to have better evidence than "wacky bitch says she saw it"? |
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| #21 09:18pm 15/11/07 |
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teq
Posts: 513
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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So how did this cat break into the cage. Most cats seem pretty retarded when trying to do anything more than pounce on something. our cat can open doors and all sorts of s***, he's a clever little (fat) bastard he is a master at getting food out of everyone in the house, we all think no one has fed him so he gets fed multiple times per day because he whinges like you wouldn't believe |
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épic™
Posts: 1675
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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i would lol at them.. asif they are gonna do anything about it. most people have a pretty high CBF factor. they will just mutter and glare at you for a while
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| #23 10:12pm 15/11/07 |
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koopz
Posts: 6480
Location: Queensland
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he is a master at getting food out of everyone in the house, we all think no one has fed him so he gets fed multiple times per day because he whinges like you wouldn't believe I'll second that. my lil guy has women wrapped around his finger at first meet. his s*** doesn't go far with guys funnily enough |
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ravn0s
Posts: 5747
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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all cats are evil.
except lions and tigers. they f***en pwn. |
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