Posted on 07/21/2015 12:08:57 PM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
The Australian government intends to eliminate two million feral cats by the end of the decade, Environment Minister Greg Hunt announced on Thursday, waging a war on hordes of felines that are said to be the single biggest threat to many of the country's native species.
"By 2020, I want to see two million feral cats culled, five new islands and 10 new mainland areas as safe havens, free of feral cats, and control measures applied across 10 million hectares," Hunt declared.
Millions of feral cats roam around the continent, and scientists say that they are a primary factor behind one of the world's biggest extinction crises. Australia has seen the extinction of more mammals than any other nation, losing at least 29 indigenous mammal species since the British started settling New South Wales in 1788.
"Each cat kills between three and 20 native animals a day," Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in April. "So if you assume four animals a day, that's carnage of 80 million native animals a day."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.vice.com ...
Australia must have more invasive species per square mile than any other place on Earth.
The Australian government intends to eliminate two million feral catsMoslems by the end of the decade,
As close as they are to Indonesia, I fear that the next invasive species to plague Australia will be waves of Muslim “refugees.”
I love cats as much as anyone.
But if it’s as bad as Aussie officials are making it out to be, then this is something they’ll have to do.
It’s sad - but it’s also reality.
It should also serve as reminder for the many idiots out there who never took the time to spay or neuter their cats.
They are so very much to blame for this.
introduced feline distemper could it...
DO...
The English killing cats?
He’ll be drawn and quartered.
Is part of the plan opening more Chinese restaurants?
If they have two million feral cats, yeah, I can see wanting to get rid of them.
Don’t they have similar problems with cane toads and rabbits?
What happened to the huge mice population that was swarming the Australian countryside some years ago? I remember seeing photos of mice by the thousands running around some farm or station in the outback. Couldn’t all the cats be used to kill the mice...if they’re still around?
I have 3 rescues...My daughter has 4. She used to take feral cats that haunted their neighborhood to spay or neuter them.
I agree with you. Owners who don’t bother to have cats neutered are to blame.
Cute li’l fella.
As for the kitties, that one would appear to be out of the bag. Getting them back into it would be quite the trick.
Isn’t that already happening?
I’ve heard of the rabbit issue before.
Give every 14 year old boy a pellet rifle. Problem solved.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.