A Michael Broad Blog
In New Zealand and Australia, and in many areas of North America, there is this constant battle between two opposing forces: those that wish to trap and kill feral cats to eradicate them and those on the other side of the fence who wish to pursue the more humane policy of TNR. The simple …
Yes, it is finally beginning. Having talked about it for ages, the Australian authorities have decided to embark upon the mass extermination of what they consider to be their arch enemy: the feral cat. The cat that they themselves created. The authorities have developed a lethal poison bait which kills felines but not other …
Ignorance means: lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated. Even smart people can be ignorant. Even educated people can be ignorant. This is because they are educated in one area. They do not have a wider education which makes them wise. Also, even if a person is educated widely, they can still …
The Australian government, authorities and experts bombard their citizens and the rest of the world with Armageddon-like stories of the decimation of their native wildlife by their hated feral cats. They have been doing this for decades. Their so called experts say that 30 mammal species in Australia have become extinct in 200 years, …
The Australian government has endorsed the idea of exterminating all 15m (estimated) feral cats in Australia with a virus while protecting all of the other species in some way. It sounds like mass extermination through germ warfare. Of course, the government will have to ensure that all domestic cats are inoculated (immunised) against the …
One of today’s hot cat topic is how to deal with feral cats in the USA. Broadly speaking there are two camps: the shooters and the TNRers. Although I detest arch-troller Woody, he consistently states that anyone, anywhere in the USA has the legal right to shoot feral cats (link opens a new window/tab …
The headline is what someone said to me. He (I’ll presume it is the male of the species who wrote this) must have read some articles on PoC and decided to have a go at me. I would also bet my bottom dollar it was an American who made the comment. How significant is …
Beautiful Rhodes – beautiful for people – hell for cats out of season – photo by Marcel Germain Our local cat protection society used to trap pregnant feral cats and then allow them to have their kittens in captivity before spaying them and returning them to where they were trapped. The kittens were then …
