Is it permissible to get rid of cats with poison if they multiply in a restaurant, causing damage to food, attacking customers, and threatening the restaurant with closure, after attempts to remove them have been unsuccessful?
If the harm caused by cats can only be repelled by poisoning them, then it is permissible, especially if they are harmful or cause the transmission of diseases, and it is not possible to get rid of them without killing them.
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