What is the ruling on killing harmful cats that cause injury and threaten illness, when it is impossible to remove them and the household members refuse to get rid of them?
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If cats are harmful, their harm can be removed by expelling them or preventing them from entering, not by killing them, because killing them is forbidden. However, if their harm is severe, unusual, and cannot be removed except by killing, then it is permissible to kill them.
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