Posted on 01/08/2017 2:50:49 PM PST by Trump20162020
Australia has a serious cat problem, with feral cats covering 99.8% of the country according to new research published in the journal Biological Conservation.
The exact number of cats fluctuates from roughly 1.4 million after continent-wide droughts cramp food sources to about 5.6 million after extensive wet periods, which result in plenty of available prey. An additional 700,000 feral cats are estimated to live in other environments, including Australias urban areas, rubbish dumps and intensive farms.
Despite this, researchers say that the cats impact on Australias fauna is still severe, and that reducing this impact is of critical importance. The BBC reports that since 1788, about 11% of the countrys 273 native mammals have gone extinct, with a major factor being introduction of the predatory red fox and feral cat from Europe.
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Why is that a problem? New Orleans, Memphis, Kansas City and St. Louis have all had some Kool Cats for almost a century and it hasn't been a problem.
After Bill Clinton visited there, the population of cats owned by young pretty women declined by 100%
When in Florida I saw an iguana. I asked the guide if they were indigenous. He said “F’ no. Like 70% of the crap in this swamp they got loose here. By the way, watch out for that boa while I shoot the SOB.”
I remember New Zealand had the same problem back in the 80’s because NZ had no predators to keep the population down.
The government had a rabbit hunt with a bounty paid on each rabbit killed.
PETA went absolutely bonkers!
I remember Rush making fun of PETA by playing the theme from the Born Free movie with gunfire sprinkled through it.
It was pretty funny.
America has a feral problem too. Except most of them are aspiring rappers.
“gee, if cats cover 99.8 of the Aussie ground mass, that leaves only 0.2 percent of the space for people....”
My thoughts exactly! Poorly written article.
Just when I thought I had seen everything.
Yeah, I hate it when cats get serious. I much prefer the playful kitty types. Except maybe Grumpy Cat. He's kind of cool.
Cat lovers are DEMOCRATS!!! ANd FERAL CAT LOVERS are UBER DEMOCRATS!!!
Maybe a dog wrote it
anyone who touched my cat would be a good f****** Target
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you have feral cats....? Who said anything about your pussycat?
I don't have one of these:
It seems like Australians caused this problem and road blocked the means to deal with it.
If you are going to put a bounty on a critter then you also have to let people own firearms. Going after critters with rocks just won’t work.
Any outdoor cat is fair game anywhere.
Non-native invasive species, carriers of dozens of zoonotic diseases.
They’re called HOUSE cats for a reason.
Time to take a lesson from the Dems and not let a perfectly good crisis go to waste.
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