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.
Continue reading →When reasonable and possible cat lovers should work with bird lovers on conservation. Cat lovers can’t fight with ornithologists indefinitely. Some ornithologists dislike cats and I understand that. But it is unwise to allow the quiet war between cat lovers … Continue reading →
In the 1950s, more new cat breeds were created than at any time before or since. In those far off days, criticism of the cat for destroying wildlife was relatively uncommon. Of course this was well before the internet. Internet … Continue reading →
A proposal to make the village of Omaui, Southland in New Zealand ‘cat-free’ has been postponed until February 18 and February 19. A plan being discussed is to neuter the cats already there and to ban any cats that die in … Continue reading →
The picture of Zorro, the kitten with the distinctive facial markings, is charming both from the standpoint of the cat and the lady who is caring for him, Whangārei SPCA animal attendant and volunteer co-ordinator, Viv Webb. Don’t they look … Continue reading →
This is the latest development in the war against cats by the authorities in either New Zealand or Australia. Any cat is in the firing line: domestic, stray or feral. There are many great cat owners and lovers in these … Continue reading →
The story concerns the area of Southland in New Zealand. This is an area at the southernmost tip of the southern island of New Zealand. I recently wrote about the councilors in that area discussing whether they should ban all … Continue reading →
The councillors of Omaui on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand are seriously considering banning all domestic cats to protect native wildlife. It is the first time any jurisdiction has discussed a complete ban of all … Continue reading →
This is the political problem with the mass culling of feral cats in either New Zealand or Australia. The Australian authorities want to kill – by any practical means even it is cruel – millions of feral cats in Australia … Continue reading →
I think it might be useful if the New Zealand and the Australian authorities did a study on the number of abandoned cats in their countries as a means to assess whether they need to take proactive steps to prevent the creation of feral cats rather than just focusing on eliminating them.
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