[afraidfortherepublic]

This is NOT satire. There are pictures and a video at the source.

[afraidfortherepublic]

For the cat lover list.

[afraidfortherepublic]

It took John Read seven years to develop his traps and he has switched on the first one in a nature reserve in south-west Queensland. Photograph: Michael Slezak for the Guardian

[OldNewYork]

This is a big problem in New Zealand too.

[Slings and Arrows]

Look for future generations of very tal and very short feral cats.

[CurlyDave]

I am constantly amazed by the lengths some people will go to in order to avoid using a firearm.

If the cats are a big a problem as they say, a few hundred Ruger 10/22 rifles, and a boatload of ammunition will produce a huge number of dead cats. If that doesn't work fast enough, add in a bounty and there will be too many dead cats to properly dispose.

[tx_eggman]

I was on a hunting lease in south Texas about 10 years ago. We had feral cats there and you could have put one in a locked room with a pitbull and it would have killed and eaten the Pitbull