Ziege wrote:No lol, I would rather the cat didn't exist in Australia. How the hell you got that other assumption together I will never know.
Ziege wrote:No don't have pets, and the rest depends on your ethos,
DaveZ wrote: you can educate a child about what proper behavior is, not really a thing cats are into.
Grandadbushy wrote: I hear the Drong-go's say a gun kills people ,
lets get some common sense and start regulating these ferals so again ''Yes'' a cat bounty
GQshayne wrote:In my last post I commented on why the pet cat is a problem. It has nothing to do with responsible cat owners at all. The problem is that scientists are talking about the solution to the feral cat problem being biological control. Now we are a select group of people on here, many of us have hunted cats, and we know how hard it can be. They are an apex predator, with incredible senses, they remain solitary except for breeding, and hunt for fun. Hard to trap or poison with a bait effectively (to obtain proper reduction in numbers anyway), so the answer does seem to be biological.
And that will affect domestic cats. But we are the only continent that does not have a native small cat, so we have to do something. And soon.
TassieTiger wrote:So, we need something that’s more apex than the feral cat...I got it. Polar bears! They are doing it tough up north - send em down south for a while and feed em cats early on in their holiday and screw it / bring their cuz Grizz down for the hotter more northern places.
No more cats and something proper to hunt in a few years - win, win and...ergh
Die Judicii wrote:
The same issue raised its head when the calici virus was released.
But,,,, owners of pet rabbits were able to get them inocculated/vaccinated against the calici I believe.
Surely this could also apply to "responsible" cat owners if they exist.
TassieTiger wrote:5000 wild horses about to be drinking lead on Monday...
https://www.2gb.com/podcast/mass-shooti ... or-monday/
Blr243 wrote:It’s probably not optimistic of me but feral cats are here to stay ...introduction of biological control will be difficult if not impossible because city cat owners will freak out ... poisoning has issues with non target native animals , shooting is only as effective as the cats that are seen within range by somebody with a rifle and is useless against unseen cats when we are walking or spotlighting in half metre off grass or bushes ......if ever our wildlife is eventually seen to be more precious than the experience of loving a cat as a household pet, then perhaps a law could be introduced that ownership of cats could be outlawed in 2040 .....this will allow current city cats to live out their lives ,and cat owners will cease to have a political voice in relation to a biological feral cat control method harming city cats , and a biological control method , if not transferable to anything else , then could be implemented . It’s a long shot , and I have not thought this thru properly, and might be sat morning half asleep rubbish from me but it’s all I can think of at the moment because I see no other feasible solution , And feral cats are winning the battle against our natives
Blr243 wrote:I just checked the link by trekin ..it says it’s illegal to feed a feral cat , makes a lot of sense ...I have always thought that people feeding dingoes on Fraser were stupid and irresponsible...... but I realise now I have been guilty of the same when I once fed a feral cat that I was told not to shoot ..... it was just an act of kindness that is a common trait amongst humans when we see an animal hungry or trapped and we want to help it. But from now on I will put that part of me aside if I see that cat again .......hang on a minute .....a tin of sardines means that cat did not have to kill a few lizards ..that day .....now I’m confused