Wisconsin residents support a plan to legalize wild cat hunting, according to voting results released Tuesday.

At meetings across the state Monday night, residents in 72 counties were asked whether free-roaming cats should be listed as an unprotected species. If so listed, the cats — including any domestic cat that isn’t under the owner’s direct control or any cat without a collar — could be hunted.

A total of 6,830 voted yes and 5,201 voted no, according to results released by the Department of Natural Resources.

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No way is this going to get through the state legislature and into law. Even being a WI resident and an avid hunter AND a cat owner, this is just plain stupid. I spoke with several people who voted and they all thought it was some sort of joke, granted they were very misinformed.

This is just another one of those distractions to get people’s attention away from other more serious issues, like how they are shoving more taxes and ‘user fees’ down your throat. Like hunting/fishing licenses are going to be raised $12 each! Now do you still want to hunt cats?