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 …
It is well-known in the cat world and even outside of it that the Australian authorities wish to eradicate the feral cats of Australia because they consistently say that feral cat destroys precious native wild species. They sometimes hunt them. Australians also have been hunting down dingos for donkey’s years – actually about 70 years. …
The process of the unraveling of the domestication of the cat seems to be taking place in parts of Australia. Stray cats are becoming feral and the feral cats are becoming bigger and smarter. They are looking and behaving like their wildcat ancestor. They may even be a better predator than the wildcat. They …
This is a picture of an Australian man, with a cheesy smile, holding up, by its skin, a very large, dead, black feral cat from the area called Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia (see map). He probably killed it. He believes that the feral cat is becoming very large in Australia because …
by Naomi (Darwin Australia) Marzipan Unfortunately Darwin (Australia) has loads of unwanted stray cats and many are dumped in the bush to die horrible deaths. Many more hang around housing commission places to feed off scraps – a usual story worldwide. I have 22 rescue cats – some have been rescued from shelters, some …
by Puppet (Australia) I love Cats, I prefer a cat over a dog any day. However in Australia the cat is the perfect killing machine. It is in their nature to kill. In Australia their are no real predators against them (except for people of course). The destruction cats have caused to the native …
