How would you dispose of these bodies?

[Emotionalsupporthamster]

Can you please help settle this debate in our family?

My mum’s cat seems to be single handedly controlling the rabbit population in her neck of the woods. This week he’s brought no less than five dead rabbits into her house, and she mentioned that she had put these all in her green (garden waste) bin. I said that I’m not sure you should do that, but she doesn’t see why not. I couldn’t say exactly why - maybe that it doesn’t seem very sanitary for composting, with all the parasites they get and all that, though it is organic matter. I thought maybe bag them up and put in the general bin (goes to incineration rather than landfill). My DH says lob them over the fence, but then the cat may well just find them and drag them in again.

WWYD with all these rabbit carcasses?

Double bag in the reuse bin or compostable bag and bury

Food bin

Edit: it's just raw meat

You lot have food bins??!!!

Mittens?

It is rather rude! I think the hunting’s so good just now he doesn’t want to ruin his fun by getting bloated and lazy.

Kitten mittens?

😂😂

I'd throw them into the woods somewhere.

Yes, it's weird how rabbit populations fluctuate. Last year there seemed to be a bunny apocalypse going on down our lane. This year, nothing (fingers crossed). Who knows if it's a less efficient local cat, flooded burrows, rabbit gap years...

Mittens as in save the little bunnies and make yourself a pair!

Kitty is only proving they can provide for their family bless

I know. Imagine animals killing other animals. Weird, innit?

I can't believe how many animals all of your cats are catching. We have two feral* cats living in our back garden who don't bother their arsed shifting even when a bird flutters right in front of them.

*by feral I mean, were born feral and quickly adopted as very cute kittens by us and all of our neighbours. I trapped and neutered them and they now have a bed and shelter in every garden in the row and get fed multiple times a day.

I thought this was going to be how do I bury my husband without getting caught thread. 🤣

Can you not take it to a vet for them to deal with? I would not be putting it in a bin or anywhere else.

I'm not a cat hater however I think after 5 rabbits, the cat ought to be kept in a day or 2? This isn't fair on the wildlife - these could be mother rabbits, with kits in a nest and now they could die if so! It's spring so alot of baby animals! Just a thought...

We've not been told to avoid meat in the food bin so that's where the mice bodies go (rural town). I've left bodies out bu5 nothing comes for them so food bin it is.

Was slightly concerned by the title 😂

We used to keep the snow shovel out for this, to propel the cats’ kills over the fence when it was ruralish that way.

Now we have new houses next door, over two fences ( but still within my shovel flinging distance, I’m quite a pro now) and suspect the new neighbours wouldn’t approve.

Cats have adapted to the fact their hunting ground has changed and now bring us pilfered Whiskas pouches 😳

Does she live near actual woods? We used to turf the bodies of our cat's victims to the rear of the garden - our local crow would then fly down and take it away for me. He/she quickly learned where I would leave the bodies and would keep an eye out for the tasty treats.

Otherwise I'd it's a decent sized garden and you have a veggie patch you can bury them, natural fertiliser for the veggies.

Until it's a dog killing cats, they're everywhere at this time of year trying to get at nesting birds and half of them don't even have a collar on to contact the owners when the dogs get them.

I’d probably put in general waste.

BUT im so shocked that cats can kill rabbits! It seems like a massive animal for them to take on and kill in relation to their size wow… learnt something new today for sure.

God I wouldn't be putting rotting animals in food waste or garden waste. Just throw in the bin for gods sake.

It's not just me 😂

Most cats work out how to get rid of a collar within a week. Some within hours and some very special cats within minutes.

So putting a bell and collar is unlikely to work long term.

Disposing of the carcasses - double black bag and into general waste or throw into field.

I used to live very rurally and one cat was a hunter and brought back all sorts of stuff usually for the back doorstep.

Am I the only person who was hoping for a 'bury them under the patio' or 'feed them to pigs' type thread?

I'm in New Zealand where most people trap rats and possums. We're told to bag and dispose of in normal rubbish.