The conservation of wild animals should go hand-in-hand with animal welfare. They are two branches of the same thing. Conservation protects wild animals and animal welfare laws protect wild and domestic animals. However, in Australia conservation is in direct conflict … 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 →
The Australian authorities headed by the Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, have declared war on the feral cat which they say is decimating native species. They have been saying this for a long time. One of the native species which … Continue reading →
Over the past two weeks, a colony of feral cats being cared for in the New York City area has mysteriously disappeared one by one. Their loving caretakers are presently trying desperately to ascertain what has happened to seven of … Continue reading →
There is a battle ragging out there on the Internet and also on the ground between these parties: Cat lovers and people who care about treating community cats decently including the local SPCA; Cat haters or people who dislike cats … Continue reading →
This is the latest installment of the war against the feral cat in the United States. The instigators of the war – the aggressors – are the ornithologists and bird conservationists (“the bird people”) and the defenders are people who … Continue reading →
