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- NSW, Newstralya
They get real big in the desert
Domestic cats and their toll of small animals.
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Photo of large feral cat with sand goanna in its jaws captured by accident - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-25/feral-cat-sand-goanna-photo-outback-queensland/12275890
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-25/feral-cat-sand-goanna-photo-outback-queensland/12275890
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- NSW, Newstralya
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- NSW, Newstralya
yeah, I think a local Council somewhere in WA ?
certainly NOT the entire country though.
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- NSW, Newstralya
actually, some of the animal lib groups view pet ownership as exploitation of animals & are just as much against it as they are the livestock industries, horse racing, hunting etc etc . . .
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- NSW, Newstralya
this only came on the news today . . .
Conservationists welcome cat containment policy in Victorian council area
Cat owners will be fined if their pets are caught off their properties in a move welcomed by wildlife conservationists.
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Cat containment policy for Victorian Bass Coast Shire Council delights conservationists
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Cats will not be allowed off their owners' properties from next year in the Bass Coast shire.(ABC News)
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Bass Coast Shire Council residents will be forced to keep their cats on their properties at all times when an expanded cat containment policy comes into effect next year.
Key points:
- Bass Coast cats will not be allowed off their owners' properties from next year
- The local council says residents have had plenty of time to adjust to the changes
- Phillip Island Nature Parks has welcomed the move saying it will protect vulnerable coastal species
Conservationists working in the area have welcomed the move, as they struggle to protect the little penguin and the endangered eastern barred bandicoot.
Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Ali Wastie said cats were responsible for hunting and killing thousands of native animals in the area each year.
Under the new domestic animal management plan, owners will face a fine if their cat is caught off their property.
Ms Wastie said council had given the community plenty of time to prepare for the changes ahead.
"It's important to do that education," she said.
"With change, it's important to bring the community along so it's not a surprise. So when it does come in people have had ample time to make sure they've got their yard secure for their cats."
The council pound dealt with 155 stray cats in 2020–21.
It is hoped the move will help protect the little penguin from cat predation.(Supplied: Phillip Island Nature Parks)
Conservationists laud lockdown
The Phillip Island Nature Park — one of Victoria's biggest natural tourism attractions — welcomed the move.The nature park's conservation manager Jessica McKelson said the move would help to protect vulnerable native species.
"We know domestic cats contribute to stray and feral cat populations," she said.
"Each year when we're undertaking cat trapping on crown land, we're on average catching 40 to 70 cats.
"We're trying to protect our key areas where we know our penguins and our shearwaters and other key coastal birds live in."
farmerm
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- Shropshire
Oh the next cat loving vegan I see posts something against livestock farming is in for a treat
I am the accidental owner of a cat, a toty wee tabby that was abandoned at around 4 weeks old, I took her in out of miserable weather fully expecting her to die ( but at least in a bit of comfort ) . I have now been lumbered by the most awesome small animal that brightens every day of every member of my family. She is no angel! She hunts ( mice in the main and is too small to consider rats and too thick to catch the birds! ) She has caused numerous logistical problems but I would not be without her as she is a loving, witchy clawed wee ars@hole. Cats tend to hang about their own territory and that is their killing zone and as a farmer I have no issue with this. Cattle crush the eggs of ground nesting birds, mowers decimate fawns who have no flight response until they are two weeks old, Badgers are totally taking over ..........just BOOM! We have a silage field that has been completely taken over and yet farmers are talking about the damage cats do? Corvids are decimating at lambing time, dogs running riot worrying stock, humans leaving dog sh!t in tree's and gates open, dumping waste but cats are the enemy? ReallY? Dog worrying is something I have seen first hand on our own farm, not nice, 3 texel tups with throats torn out. a ewe drowned in the river in attempt to escape and another two ewes that required intervention from the knackers. Yet cats are an issue? Why are we not dealing with the real problems, pet cats?
Sorry meant to add that off course toxo is a major issue
That I get.
They are all problems that should be addressed.
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- Essex
Those things you list don't make the damage done by cats acceptable, they just add to it.
Like many others, you like your cat so you accept the damage it does because she makes you feel good.
Red Fred
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I was initially thinking about the madness of vegan cat lovers claiming to be cruelty free rather than having a go at everyones' pets, but I never thought about the scale of the issue. Farmer Roy's links really bring it home.
We are involved in various studies such as the Lapwing project by the GWCT who are looking at chick predation. We are right on the edge of a town with about 20000 inhabitants, so there must be 2000or 3000 cats within a couple of mile radius taking birds and small mammals all the time.
We are involved in various studies such as the Lapwing project by the GWCT who are looking at chick predation. We are right on the edge of a town with about 20000 inhabitants, so there must be 2000or 3000 cats within a couple of mile radius taking birds and small mammals all the time.
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It's the only language they understand
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- NSW, Newstralya
Shire of Denmark labels state cat laws 'insufficient', proposes household limit for pets
Households will be limited to two cats, with a possible ban in specific areas, under a proposal from the Shire of Denmark on Western Australia's south coast.
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