New Zealand Environmental Advocate Launches Campaign To Ban Cats As Pets

http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | January 22,2013 | FoxNews/AP

[Biggirl]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. But the environmental advocate has triggered a claws-out backlash with his new anti-feline campaign.

[Biggirl]

PING this over to Slings And Arrows. :)=^..^=

[momtothree]

.. for your kittie ping list! MEOW!

[Texas Eagle]

Uh-oh. Cue Machine Gun Kitty.

[massgopguy]

I like New Zealand!

[mmichaels1970]

Glorified, overgrown rats imho.

[Rodamala]

Assault Cats and Hi-Capacity Litter Boxes need to be banned... 5% tax on Friskies, nationwide registration of cat toys, moratorium on balls of yarn... and we need the newspapers to put up a map showing who has register cat toys in your neighborhood...

There will be peace in our time!

It’s for the children.

[married21]

Well, islands do have to be careful. Wasn’t it Guam that lost some native species of birds due to the introduction of snakes? (Where is St. Patrick when you need him?)

[JRandomFreeper]

I just planted catnip a few days ago in the window box. Yeah, I'm a nip pusher.

/johnny

[therightliveswithus]

Here we go....

[BitWielder1]

Didn't they do that in Europe once, get rid of cats shortly before the rat borne Bubonic Plague wiped out a third of the population?

[Little Ray]

Cats ARE a menace to flightless Kiwis. But this ain’t gonna go over well with crazy cat people... (like me and my wife!)

[freedumb2003]

My baby passed away after being with me for 25 years.

If someone had come to take her before God did, he/she would know why we have a 2nd Amendment.

NZ people owned by cats must be feeling damn stupid for not having a 2A (do they?). B/C it may sound silly but this is EXACTLY the sort of thing TJ was thinking about when he and the rest of the founding fathers enshrined the 2A.

[Boogieman]

Hey, I hope this catches on with environmentalists everywhere. They’ll probably lose the single female vote over this :)

[JoeProBono]

[Bratch]

[JoeProBono]

[Gefn]

This is such a horrible idea.

In a follow up article, Basement Cat assured that the guy who started the petition would be inundated with hairballs the next time he tried to go to work.

Ceiling Cat has stated he can haz no cheezeburgers, fries, or fizzy beverages in his future until this campaign is cancelled.

And for good measure, no hotdogs or pizza either.

[Biggirl]

My condolences to you on the sad passing of your cat. Wow, 25 years when having passed! One for the RECORD BOOKS!

[Oztrich Boy]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds.

1. It's not just pet cats. More native birds are eaten by feral cats. Banning law-abiding cats won't affect illegal cats.

2. It's not just cats. New Zealand has lots of introduced bird eating mammals

• Rats and mice, which eat native birds
• Brush Tailed Possums, which eat native birds, also mice
• Ferrets, Stoats, Weasels, which eat native birds, also mice, rats
• Cats, domestic and feral, which eat native birds, slso mice, rats, possums

No I agree native birds are getting the raw end of the deal, but what needs to be considered is: take out the top predator, will you help the birds all that much?

My solution: introduce foxes, to eat the cats. (or maybe not)

[LifeComesFirst]

You can have my fluffy purr machines when you pry them from my cold, dead lap!