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Australia actually declares ‘war’ on cats, plans to kill 2 million by 2020
washingtonpost.com ^ | July 16 2015 | Ishaan Tharoor

Posted on 07/17/2015 1:41:18 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The Australian government announced plans to cull up to 2 million feral cats by 2020 in a bid to preserve dozens of native species that authorities claim face extinction because of the cats' predatory behavior.

Speaking to a national radio station, Gregory Andrews, the country's first threatened-species Commissioner, said Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt "is declaring war on feral cats, and he's asked me to take charge of that program."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand
KEYWORDS: kittyping
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1 posted on 07/17/2015 1:41:18 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Dogs make up the majority of the Australian government.


2 posted on 07/17/2015 1:42:20 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Since they’re feral, I really don’t have a problem with this.


3 posted on 07/17/2015 1:43:25 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Good


4 posted on 07/17/2015 1:43:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Slings and Arrows

feral kitty ping.


5 posted on 07/17/2015 1:44:17 PM PDT by PROCON (Wow! They're faster than Stalin.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Bring ‘em to the US as refugees!


6 posted on 07/17/2015 1:45:59 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: fwdude; All

LOL!

Didn’t Australia go through this with rabbits at one point in their history? I remember watching a movie called, ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ and it was about the re-location of their native people to ‘water-down’ their population and how one girl kept escaping wherever they relocated her to, to get back to her tribe. I mean, she walked THOUSANDS of miles of that fence line to do it, too!

Maybe 0bama is right about Colonialism? Except now it’s all about cats! ;)


7 posted on 07/17/2015 1:46:27 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

8 posted on 07/17/2015 1:46:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That would string a lot of tennis rackets...


9 posted on 07/17/2015 1:48:24 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hopefully they learned lessons from their last battle against animals, the Great Emu War.


10 posted on 07/17/2015 1:49:11 PM PDT by ferret_airlift
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To: Berlin_Freeper

"Say Hello to my little friend."

11 posted on 07/17/2015 1:49:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What ever happened to survival of the fittest?


12 posted on 07/17/2015 1:49:53 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!"-Jeremiah 22:29)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sad that it has to come to that. There are just too many and shelters can’t find enough homes. They carry disease, they can be vicious. Plus stupid people won’t spay or neuter. It’s really the fault of idiot humans letting them breed indiscriminately and dumping unwanted cats in rural and wooded areas.


13 posted on 07/17/2015 1:50:47 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Can’t they just get crazy old Australian ladies to take them all in?


14 posted on 07/17/2015 1:50:57 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Australia’s food exports to China soar by over 500%. Film at 11.


15 posted on 07/17/2015 1:51:54 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’ve been talking about this for years. It’s a problem all over the planet. Take a moment and educate yourself about feline zoonoses, the damage these non-native invasive species do to wildlife - especially songbirds - how much damage they bring to the environment all over the globe. Crazy cat ladies excluded, of course, you’re incorrigible, ineducable. The only good house cat is an INDOOR cat; they don’t belong outdoors, anywhere, ever. The only cure is eradication. Let’s hear it for the grown ups down under, making the hard choices.


16 posted on 07/17/2015 1:52:29 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

LOL!!!


17 posted on 07/17/2015 1:53:15 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Rabbits, cats, and cane toads have wreaked havoc on Australia's native flora and fauna.
18 posted on 07/17/2015 1:53:24 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Politicalkiddo

“What ever happened to survival of the fittest?”

Remember the (I think “spotted”) owl that shut down the entire timber industry in the northwest? It’s being run into extinction by a more competitive owl. So, we lost an entire industry and still didn’t save the owls.


19 posted on 07/17/2015 1:53:31 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: normbal

Cats are excellent providers of rodent control.


20 posted on 07/17/2015 1:54:48 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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