Cat poop or wild animal droppings? Warning; pile picture!

If you kill a dog or a cat because that is the only way to prevent damage to yourself, it is at most property damage. You have a reason to kill the animal. So animal cruelty is off the table.

I don’t think it’s that simple. The principle of proportionality also applies. Killing the animal because it soils your garden is disproportionate – even with repeat offenders. That definitely makes you criminally liable.

With ours, I would estimate that there is one bird for every 300 mice. It could of course be due to clumsiness.

Hello kaho

It is quite normal that cat owners greatly exaggerate the number of caught (or rather, one should say, tortured to death) mice, while shamelessly understating it for birds. The truth is that cats are heavily involved in the decline of wild birds. It is the same with hares.

Steven

. The principle of proportionality also applies. .

No, the "principle of proportionality" does not exist there. Even in the self-defense courses that I occasionally give, the opinion often arises that self-defense must be proportional. No, it doesn't have to be.

Steven

With us too. Tons of mice, very rarely birds, formerly very often fish.

Birds are not so easy to catch, they can fly away.

Steven, you obviously have no idea about the legal basis. If you kill or injure a neighbor’s animal unprofessionally, it is in any case property damage and animal cruelty. This does not fall under necessity, and certainly not under [Nothilfe] or [Notwehr]. Cf. §34 StGB.

So the OP will have to find another means, as if it were a wild animal. So some kind of technical devices, scents, or just the water hose. Poison, traps, or weapons are not allowed.

Maybe the neighbor’s cat from andimann is also disabled, who knows. Normally cats cannot be trained to that extent.

Personally, I have no problem with cats in urban and rural environments. With dogs, rather more. But as soon as I see a cat hunting in the fields, there is trouble. There is no acute health risk caused by cat feces either. Worm infestations in children are more of a hygienic problem caused by the parents who do not teach hand washing. The eggs are picked up from all sorts of surfaces, but especially from fruits and vegetables.

Steven, unfortunately you apparently have no idea about the legal basis. If you kill or injure a neighbor's animal unprofessionally, it is in any case property damage and animal cruelty. This also does not fall under necessity, and certainly not under emergency aid or self-defense. Cf. §34 StGB.
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Hello Knallkörper

we are not dealing with hunting law here.
Self-defense or emergency aid is basically only applicable against humans and not against property.
Take a look at the judgments against cat owners. They clearly show the direction.
Most lawsuits are therefore lost because it is difficult to prove that this particular cat urinated in the garden.

Steven