Many cat owners might say that their domestic cat companion is an excellent pet. I’m going to say something which is almost heretical and something which sounds anti-cat as if said by a cat hater. But I’m not; I am a cat lover and a realist. And with that character trait, I have to state …
Cats would be better pets if they weren’t great predators Read More »
Last night my cat brought in a mouse. And a lot of things happened which were negative to my life and one thing that was negative to his as it happens. I’ll list them here. There you have a dozen negatives impacting my life just because I live with a top line predator who loves …
12 bad things that can happen when your cat brings in a mouse Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT-KANGAROO ISLAND, AUSTRALIA: The headline on the online version of the Independent newspaper is: “Tiny marsupial that survived wildfires now under threat by feral cats”. The headline is based upon research from the University of Adelaide in Australia. I am unable to read that research because I don’t have access to it and …
This is a rare photograph of an Aussie feral cat (much hated by Aussies) killing a venomous mulga snake. The cat has blood on his nose and mouth. From the photo it is not entirely clear that the cat won the battle but it’s clear enough. The cat looks fine. He appears to have a …
Rare photo of a feral cat in battle with the venomous mulga snake Read More »
Every scientific paper that you read regarding the extinction of native species on small islands in archipelagoes always refer to cats and rats as the top two culprits. One scientific study starts, “Invasive rats are one of the world’s most successful animal groups that cause native species extinctions and ecosystem change, particularly on islands”. And …
Rats or cats? Which is the worst for killing island species? Read More »
You know about the attempt by the Aussie authorities to try and exterminate the entire feral cat population of that continent. They don’t know how many cats there are (about 6m) but they want rid of all of them and they don’t mind how it is done. Inhumanely is fine by them. But it is …
Make Australia’s native species more cat savvy rather than try and kill all the cats Read More »
Yes, feral cats do eat snakes, even venomous species, but it depends where the feral cat lives as this determines whether there are snakes to be eaten. Certainly in Australia there are plenty of snakes, some of which are venomous. As reported by phys.org, a study from Murdoch University in Australia revealed the prey items …
A PhD student, Emma Spencer, from the University of Sydney was surprised to see in her camera trap video a ginger tabby feral cat scavenging on the carcass of a 30 kg kangaroo who’d died in the desert under harsh drought conditions. The conditions had forced this cat and others to scavenge which is not …
Australian drought forces feral cat to scavenge on a 30 kg kangaroo Read More »
WARNING: some people might find the video upsetting. But it is nature. We should not be upset by nature but by human abuses of nature. This fit, rangy, large (15 pounds?) ginger tabby feral cat living in the Northern Territories of Australia has caused a stir on th internet because he swiftly killed a short-eared …
For years they have been at each other’s throats arguing about how many birds cats kill annually. Bird lovers say 4 billion birds are killed by cats each year in the USA, many of which are native species. Cat lovers like me say that the numbers are estimates based on local studies and extrapolated. Therefore …
The Galveston County Daily News reports that the Galveston Island Humane Society is thinking about trying an oral contraceptive on feral cats on the island in conjunction with standard TNR programs. Jim Stevenson – world’s most notorious cat website troll It’s very interesting to note that on this island lives the most famous cat website …
Humane Society to try oral contraceptives on feral cats on Galveston Island Read More »
A recent study on how many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia concluded that 649 million reptiles are killed annually by both domestic cats and feral cats on the continent. The news media headlines translate this to cats killing almost 2 million lizards a day in Australia and even causing the extinction of some …
Contextualizing the predation of reptiles by cats in Australia Read More »
