> It will involve using live traps, padded leg traps and tracking dogs to catch the non-native cats.
(giggle!) That should work really well! If padded leg traps work against these “feral” cats, then they ain’t “feral” — just abandoned.
For real feral cats, shotguns work best. A .22 or .303 in a pinch. Feral cats are too smart for traps, too cunning to take poison bait, and too dangerous for humans to handle.
If you aren’t armed and you see a feral cat, better run: he wants you for tucker! He can’t kill you, but he doesn’t know that — and it won’t stop him trying hard. He’s at the top of his food chain and he knows it.
What a great practical joke for townies, tho’ — “hey townie, help me catch this kitty: he’s lost and needs to find his home... Here, kitty kitty kitty! Nice kitty!” LOL
> Jane Hendron, a spokeswoman for U.S. Fish & Wildlife office in Carlsbad, says healthy cats could go up for adoption, but those deemed sick will be euthanized.
Adopt a feral cat? That’s HILARIOUS!!! Might as well keep a pet cobra while you’re at it.
Send a pet feral cat to Obama. I’m sure he’d appreciate it!
Get some Agent Orange and fumigate the whole island.
Problem solved.
They need to trap them, FIX them, feed them and let them have the life that was intended ...by the Real God. I can't stand the ignorance!!!!!
That’s a beautiful tabby in the picture.
I’ve never understood these Darwinists one day, “Man will save the earth” the next day folks. Let the cats be. If the seabirds can’t adapt, they’ll be tasty snacks.
“Oh, but the cats are feral. They aren’t supposed to be there.” Says who? Don’t the Darwinists think we’re just the same as a rat, a dog, or a cat? If we put cats on an island, how is that any different from any other symbiotic relationship? Survival of the fittest, baby. Evolution is amoral. Who are you, oh enlightened biologist, to declare your view of the world as better than the one unfolding before your eyes?
If birds are dumb enough to STAY on an island with 200 cats, and they don’t fly away, they deserve to be eaten!
Another stupid move. The cats are already there for 50 years at least and seem to be doing fine.
The impetus behind this is probably some greenies who are horried that the ferals are hunting our "feathered friends".