What affects us affects cats
Alley Cat Allies is engaged in a battle of wills with the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). I will call EBRPD “the cat killers”. I will call Alley Cat Allies “ACA”. The cat killers have, for decades, been killing cats in parklands in Oakland, California. ACA have produced a nice video which actually …
Bromadiolone has been described as the world’s strongest mouse poison which kills them in 24 hours but which is yet to be approved by the regulators in Australia. The New South Wales government want to use it to manage and suppress the well-reported mouse plague in their state which, according to news media, is …
I’m dreaming but I’m desperate to find ways to reduce the feral cat population humanely because there is too much cruelty against feral cats. People forget that humans put them there and that they are sentient. They just want them out of the way particularly with the pandemic and the spread of disease. People …
Normally, yes, if it is someone’s pet. To answer the question in the title you have to ask yourself what kind of cat is being killed and how and why it is being killed. Euthanising a cat if the cat is chronically ill is not criminal damage. We know that. Veterinarians do it all …
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 plan to conserve native wild species. They want to manage the pests and vermin …
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 get rid of them. The latest wheeze is to introduce the Tasmanian devil, the …
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 can sometimes result in unacceptable and unpleasant consequences. In New Zealand, as is the …
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 time a dog has been used in this way but it certainly is the …
