Rat Poison

[ethandron]

If I put rat poison out in my garden (for rats) and it is accidently eaten by our neighbours cat, can I be held liable or prosecuted if the cat subsequently dies.

[buildersmate]

The short way to avoid this is to put the poison in a trap box which only rodents can run into (plastic, about 20cm x 30cm x 10cm, 2 holes in opposite ends).
On the other hand............ maybe the intended victim might not be able to get into that.

[cockroach]

The cat needs to consume at least 7 x its own body weight in the rat poison to do any real harm...Cats are very fussy eaters and prob wont touch the poison anyway. unless you are putting tuna laced with poison out. If in doubt that any animal has consumed poison you need to take them to the Vets for a Vitamin K9 injection.

[DinloDan]

Basically you neighbours cat shouldn't be in your garden. Shoot the cat!

[buildersmate]

I've never managed to pin the injunction forbidding it onto the animal. It always runs away.