Just a follow-up to the last entry, some relevant links and posts.

Why kill a cat over scratches on car? – AsiaONE Motoring

Paint on a car is manufactured to withstand the tremendous force of the gravel missiles as it speeds along the road, otherwise every car will be pitted all over as it speeds along the highway!

A paint technologist on this website (www.flippyscatpage.com/carpaint.html) wrote: “The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints – annoying but not inherently damaging.”

High ground

Cats, by nature, like to rest on “safe” high ground or seek the warmth radiating through the car bonnet.

Being animals, cats don’t know that it is “wrong” to do so.

So, in all likelihood, the cats did not even cause the scratches. Humans who insist on applying human notions of “right” and “wrong” to animals’ instinctual behavior, are, IMHO, a little wrong in the head.