The registration of domestic cats with the local authority is quite widely discussed as a way of reducing the number of stray and therefore, ultimately, feral cats. In short, cat registration is a way of improving the standard of cat ownership. However, many see it as too intrusive on a person’s freedoms. It is a form …
By Sarah Hartwell The Susuki was a short-lived breed created in Australia in 1957 and developed for about a decade as an “experimental breed”. At that time, the genetics of blue eyes was not properly understood. This article appeared in “The Age,” Monday March 13, 1961 (a newspaper from Melbourne, Australia): “Mr Douglas Greening, of …
Frankly it astonishes me that when you research cat attack statistics you see cold figures with no attempt whatsoever to analyse what caused a particular cat to attack a person which is vital information if attacks by domestic cat on their owners or friends are to be reduced. In fact, it is worse than …
I’m pleased to see that Greg Hunt, Australia’s environment minister, has announced that he is banning imports of lion body parts into Australia. The intention, as I see it, is to stop Australian citizens going to South Africa to shoot lions, corralled in enclosures and specially bred for the purpose. This is canned lion hunting. …
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The figures are based on a collation of many studies. It is dangerous to make bold statements about the impact of roaming domestic cats on wildlife. There are many articles on the subject, a high proportion of which are frankly misleading due to bias and “estimations” and “extrapolations”. All rather pointless to be honest. These …
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The author wishes to remain anonymous In Australia the federal government recognises three classes of cats: Companion cats Stray cats Feral cats Everyone understands what a companion cat is, but strays and ferals are constantly confused. I once telephoned the person in charge of culling feral cats in NSW. He held the firm belief that …
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 disease …
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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. They …
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Almost 4 percent of all cats and dogs in Australia are euthanised as unwanted. As a percentage of the total numbers this is 2.3 times greater than in America. It is a shocking figure because there is a lot of discussion on how to save the lives of healthy cats and dogs in America but …
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The author of the website: Burke’s Backyard, an Australian living in Australia, says that a pet cat is an environmental hazard. What he does not do is write about people. He should because people are far more of an environmental hazard than cats. If Mr Burke is concerned about the environment, which he obviously is, …
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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 are …
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I don’t want to criticize a veterinarian but sometimes you just have to. In my experience some vets (perhaps a small number) in Australia can tend to have a slightly biased attitude against the domestic cat, which I have gathered from reading their comments on the internet. That is possibly due to the fact that …
I had no idea. I was reading a news story – a nice news story – of a German ginger cat who went walkabout 15 years ago and was found by 19 year old Kilian Schoettel. The cat had an identification tattoo on his ear. This allowed his owner to be identified by the local …
Animal Rescue Australia | Home Page Wild Cats A-Z Cat Breeds A-Z — the most comprehensive single map and page on Australian animal rescue on the internet (as at 3-2012 – things change!). This is a map showing 82 place markers for (a) Australian animal shelter facilities and (b) the operational areas …
Original map: Wikimedia Commons – Author: Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) – modified slightly by me. There are no Australian wild cats other than feral cats. In other words there is no native species of wild cat in Australia in the wild. This is surprising as the Far East is an area of the world where there …
