WITH regard to tackling the issue of cat pooh in the garden, might I offer some advice to the readers suffering. As a cat lover I welcome the local cats into my garden, but on condition that they do not use it as a toilet! To this end, should I see one doing the business, a quick squirt with a water pistol (that's water pistol, NOT water cannon!) soon puts an end to the matter. It does the cat no harm, but they really hate it and very quickly learn.
Subsequently a firm "pack it in''. is often sufficient to have the would-be offender scampering away.
It doesn't stop them completely, but it does reduce the incidents.
Matt Probert, Southampton.
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