the S**t in the garden is what's really p-ing me off - fine, have a cat; not for me but if it floats your boat - not doing me any harm but THEY DON'T SHIT IN YOUR OWN GARDEN DO THEY??????????? 
rant extinguished by simple yes they do response.lol.
it bloody stinks- it's in my herb garden, in the lawn, in the borders - i planted a baby plant - one of the last seedlings started from a friends mum who died and guess what - a cat dug it up so they could SHIT in my plant nursery! 
I feel like I can't take my own two little ones in the garden as it's literally a health hazard. on the one time my daughter did get out lately she managed to step in some poo before I realised - trodden into the carpet - you know just such a pain when you've then got to put everything else on hold to deal with that. I've bought some sort of cat repellent granules - but haven't used them yet because of the rain and I'm wondering about worsening the health hazard to LO's (and basically got guilts re environment, should just read the label - proabably fine but can't find the bloomin thing now.)
seriously though, in a built up urban area - does anyone think iabu to think that it's actually just irresponsible to have cats in terraced streets? esp as ppl seem to have at least 2 now. there are at least 5 that come to our garden regularly - since the wind blew down some of our back fence our garden seemed to become cat M25, we've fixed the fence but we're an established route/cat watford gap now. I don't have a lot of spare time to do anything by myself with a toddling 10mo and busy manic 3yo, and I don't want to spend it picking up cat shit. - esp when i can just smell it but not find it!!quite apart from the impact on the wildlife - I don't have any science to back it up but i reckon there's definitely been a decline in birds in our back gardens since there have been more cats in the area.
I'm not an animal hater. I had pets as a child and my parents always had a dog and still do. I flat and house shared with ppl who had cats - some were cool some were frankly vile. (the cats that is not the owners!) there are a couple of cats that live nearby that are actually really nice in and of themselves - quite friendly (cheeky - have that look of can i come in your kitchen and nick some food) and the daily troop thru the garden entertain my little 10 mo who watches them from her high chair as she eats brekkie. it's just their bad habits as a collective group - i don't get the positives.
aargh sorry too longx