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Shooters to target feral cats in NSW national parks amid boom in population (www.theguardian.com)

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Invasive Species Council says 5 million native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs are killed by feral and roaming pet cats a day in Australia

Keep your cat indoors...please.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Pissing into the wind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Interesting post, but lots of this discussion wasn't respectful, (Rule 1), today. I think its best to move on tomorrow. Sorry but gonna lock it.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 1 points 2 months ago

People who let their cat roam are shit.. It's irresponsible and entitled, it's detrimental to the environment as well as your cat. Can you imagine if dog owners just opened their doors at night to let their pet roam and fuck up everything around? We'd rightly have them charged and their pet taken away. You don't think cats belong inside? Don't get one then. If only for your own cat's safety, keep it on your property

[–] notaviking 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I feel due to the environmental catastrophe certain pets (which are usually invasive) can wreck ecological systems, I feel there needs to be a tax or fine system that if your pet/pets is not sterilized or you are a registered breeder that follow certain regulations, to prevent these pets from being abandoned into an ecosystem and reproduce. But honestly after they are in the ecology extermination is the sadly one of the most effective ways to restore the natural balance the the ecological system. Not the hunters fault, it's all the reckless owners of these cats fault

[+] [email protected] -29 points 2 months ago (3 children)

With all due respect, fuck Australia

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

With all due respect, fuck anyone that has an unneutered cat. Or anyone that lets a cat outdoors period. Sorry your cute little fluffball hunts for sport and can kill literally tens of thousands of birds and small mammals and reptiles per year PER SINGULAR CAT.

Domestic house cats are more destructive to wildlife than nearly any other human activity.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Fuck Australia because we control destructive pests? Righto, guess we should let them destroy the native wild life to this country. We do the same with kangaroo, fox and wild pig populations. Should we also just let them destroy crops and farmland?

Nah but fuck an entire country for doing something that likely happens in your own country. Super reasonable and mature take.

[–] Garbanzo 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck your cat