TNR is cost-effective and a more ethical & efficient way of lowering feral cat populations. Petition

Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats

Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild.

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Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020

TNR is cost-effective and a more ethical & efficient way of lowering feral cat populations. Petition

Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats

Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild.

I'm sorry to all the cat lovers out there, but here if it doesn't have a collar with an attached bell on it then it cops a lump of lead in the head instead.

I (and very many others here) value our native wildlife way over that of an introduced natural killer that they have no defence against.

Cheers.

TNR is cost-effective and a more ethical & efficient way of lowering feral cat populations. Petition

Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats

Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild.

I'm sorry to all the cat lovers out there, but here if it doesn't have a collar with an attached bell on it then it cops a lump of lead in the head instead. I (and very many others here) value our native wildlife way over that of an introduced natural killer that they have no defence against. Cheers.

Thank you for illustrating my point. Leaving this kind of deliberately inflamatory rhetoric aside, I think it is distressing to see so much hatred getting in the way of much more humane solutions such as Trap-Neuter-Releases or even more effective Trap-Vasectomy-Hysterectomy-releases. I agree that time is of the essence and concede that TNR and TVHR alone aren't sufficient in the short term if an aussie fauna ''entirely made up of cats and cockroaches" is to be avoided, but this man-made problem won't be solved by sophistery, shaky science and added layers of cruelty - which will only contribute to fuelling unproductive, endless downward-spiralling cycles of violence and suffering for all involved...

"Even scientists supporting the cull balked at the bowhunters’ methods. ... Killing cats to save endangered species was a simple — if sad — calculation in the abstract. But killing a single cat, and watching it struggle against the assault, seemed like a spectacle of human cruelty." - NYT

... and distract from the real biodiversity and environmental issues :

“The focus on killing cats runs the risk of distracting attention away from other threats to biodiversity, most prominent of which is widespread, ongoing habitat loss, which has been largely overlooked in the Threatened Species Strategy. The culling target is a highly visible symbol of a broader campaign around feral cat research and management in Australia, rather than a direct indicator of conservation action and success. We are concerned that progress toward the 2 million target could be misinterpreted as progress toward conserving threatened species, when the link between the two is not clear.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-cats/

Just another long-term general interest vs short-term special interests case to be added to the "Is intelligence a factor of survival ?" debate, I guess.

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Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020

Officer allergic to cats helps rescue kitten from car's engine compartment

http://www.fox4news.com/news/officer-allergic-to-cats-helps-rescue-kitten-from-cars-engine-compartment

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New York poised to become first state to ban cat declawing

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/new-york-poised-to-become-first-state-to-ban-cat-declawing

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Artyom is now nine months old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzN99LpqOd0

Slightly off topic but still has cats....

There's a reason why my cat doesn't need two-factor authentication

... As they say, there is a fine balancing act between adequate security and easy user experience. My cat has it easy: he was chipped at the rescue centre when we acquired him, and now he just wanders in and out of the house via a cat-flap that unlocks only when it detects his unique code. ...

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South Corsica: Duel between a "cat-fox" (chat-renard) and a fox:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJ2dphqJx4

Disney World Under Rabies Alert After Infected Cat Scratches Employees

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Disney World Under Rabies Alert After Infected Cat Scratches Employees

"Contact with feral cats, stray dogs and all wildlife particularly raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats and coyotes should be avoided."
I think I can do that, except maybe for feral cats.
Meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

‘Chonk of a chonk’: Shelter turns to social media to find 26-pound cat ‘Mr. B’ a home

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A shelter in Philadelphia is turning to social media to help find a forever home for Mr. B.

The 26 pound cat, who is described as having sad eyes, is available for adoption at the Morris Animal Refuge.

It’s clear from the Facebook post they shared that he is quite the handful, literally.

Other information about Mr. B wasn’t immediately available since their official website has crashed.

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Your Mom cat is defending her claim to her place in your house. She sees her "Kit" as a threat to her security.
Try feeding "Mom" special food that "Kit" doesn't get any of. Show "Mom" more attention and "Kit" less.
I have a Mother and Daughter and I have seen my share of Mom attacking Daughter over "privileges" such as the choice of which cat-bed she wanted.
Daughter has a relationship with me but isn't the primary in the house. She (Daughter) has grown up knowing she is not as welcome, by her mother, as we humans would be with our children.

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ᴡᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴇsᴀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ғɪɴɪᴛᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪs.

A story that is purrfect for a Wendsday
Cat That Spent 4 Years In Shelter Finally Finds A Forever Home: ‘There Was Not A Dry Eye In The House’

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Copy cat: Chinese firm creates first cloned kitten

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It's not easy being a cat in the Nordic countries...
Rådne Fisk/Råtne Fisk/Rutten Fisk/Härskit Sillit!

It's not easy being a cat in the Nordic countries...
Rådne Fisk/Råtne Fisk/Rutten Fisk/Härskit Sillit!

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RÃ¥dne Fisk =(translated to English)= Rotten Fish
Poor kitties... Now that is an Uff Da moment!

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Oh. Lot's of cats in Syldavia.

Don't pet this cat

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LOL.. Where is Kittyman when you need him?

A bit of humorous satire from The Babylon Bee:
Scholars Warn First Bowl Of God's Wrath Is Upon Us In Form Of 'Cats'

DALLAS,TX—Prophecy experts gathered at Dallas Theological Seminary today and confirmed what many have long feared: the Cats movie is the beginning of the end for humanity.

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