COMMENT ON THE NEWS: Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand’s North Island. I’ve never visited but it looks beautiful and it is named after Mount Taranaki, an extinct volcano. The Taranaki Regional Council have a management … Continue reading →
Tasmanian devils are being introduced into Australia to prey on feral cats and foxes. The feral cat is persona non grata in Australia. They are enemy number one and the authorities on that vast continent will do almost anything to … Continue reading →
ANALYSIS AND NEWS – WARNING: this content may upset some people so please don’t read on if it does. I’m writing about it because it does illustrate how a nation’s culture with respect to a certain aspect of their life … Continue reading →
In an interesting development in Australia’s long-standing war against feral cats, the authorities have trained a border terrier dog whose name is Marbee to track down feral cats whereupon they are captured and euthanised. This is probably not the first … Continue reading →
Aboriginal Australians have a history of living on bushmeat (bush tucker). I am told that they are good trackers and have a tradition of hunting cats, which can only mean feral cats as there are no other cat species on … Continue reading →
Little Bay Islands is off the coast of Newfoundland and the entire colony of human inhabitants have upped sticks and moved to the mainland a while ago. The island is uninhabited but they left behind a few colonies of feral … Continue reading →
This evil looking device is the work of humans. Humans are very good at inventing and building mass killing devices. It is in our nature which tells us something about us. You can see that quite a bit of money … Continue reading →
This study came to the conclusion that TNR volunteers managing a feral cat colony on Tokunoshima Island might cause what the scientists call ‘hyper-predation’ of local native species. What they mean is that the cats are helped by people feeding … Continue reading →
The population of the internationally known cats on ‘Cat Island’ which is actually Ao Island (Aoshima), has declined sharply of late from 90 individuals in 2014 to around 30 today, I am told by The Telegraph newspaper. It is believed … Continue reading →
A professional pest controller has been shooting feral cats (are they all feral cats?) in a residential area of New Zealand and the residents are up in arms about it because it is dangerous for people and their cats are at risk.
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