Cats are bad, m'K?

[Wapiti]

Dogs been a bit agitated around the bird feeder out near the little house turtle dam once more. Rowdy was very insistent I come out and have a look. Eventually I spotted this little female, half grown, cleaning up the small kibble put out for the currawongs and magpies.
Couldn't get it with the thermal, was just too fast and melted away like a Star-Trek matter transporter. And it's on the 243 which is a little bit destructive around the farmhouse. So out with the .22 with the Olight.
Got away from me a few times, propped once in the light but I missed, so out with the trap with some smelly, irresistible tuna cat-food.
Nothing to brag about, but very effective, the trap.

Cats are so very destructive to our natives, and although they don't seem to be much of a game animal to brag to your mates about, they are everywhere, killing our native birds and lizards constantly. They live in the same hollow trees 20 feet in the air, and on the ground, in the same places our native animals shelter in. Every cat removed is a huge benefit to what we have left to try and save.

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[Willie]

I have cats and am very fond of them....BUT since kittens, they have never been allowed to roam outside. I have a big house and the vet said, that there is enough room for them to run around inside. No cats should be allowed to roam outside imo.
By all means trap them and I trust that you humanely dispose of them once trapped.

[Die Judicii]

As the saying goes, Neighbours Cats make good hats,, and Gloves,, and fertiliser. A good cat is a dead cat. Normally i never miss an opportunity to send them off to another realm. Except this fuel crisis has curtailed my activities somewhat.

[Wapiti]

I have cats and am very fond of them....BUT since kittens, they have never been allowed to roam outside. I have a big house and the vet said, that there is enough room for them to run around inside. No cats should be allowed to roam outside imo.
By all means trap them and I trust that you humanely dispose of them once trapped.

Yes mate, one 22 subsonic through the head, straight down.
These animals didn't ask to be born, do what they do and be where they are. I wish I never had to kill anything, even to eat. Anyone who jumps at the chance to kill anything for no reason isn't going to meet me twice.
So, with that in mind, we need to ensure there is no suffering. If an animals head is too small or too far away to put a bullet through so lights out immediately, the person in charge of the bullet should take up golf.

[Blr243]

Agreed wap