Is He Pushing Hs Luck Here ?

[youngmafbog]

After 'that woman who stuffed a cat in a wheelie bin' is this bloke for real?

http://news.sky.com/story/1041683/new-zealand-man-wants-to-eradicate-cats

[DangerUXD]

well they do kill birds but extermination is a bit OTT!

[Brinjal]

In some areas of Melbourne it is illegal to have out door cats because they are killing off the bird and wild life. They must be house cats.

[rojash]

Birds kill birds too, as of course, do humans. I guess if we just exterminated all living things, it would solve a lot of problems. We could start with NZ auctioneers.

[emmie]

they kill millions of birds, but there must be better ways to try and stop them. i loved my cat wholeheartedly, he brought me gifts from time to time, one was a little sparrow, who fortunately after a bit of nurturing flew away.

[emmie]

he has a point, but i think there must be better ways to help save these creatures.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/gardening/unwantedvisitors/cats/birddeclines.aspx

[Zeuhl]

NZ has some very unusual birds that are close to extinction because they can't cope with cats having evolved without such predators until they were introduced by Europeans

[ludwig]

// He wrote in the Dominion Post newspaper: "Naturally, I'm not suggesting you go out and knock your furry friend on the head right now.//

Is that a euphemism?

[jno]

kiwis - the birds, not the people - are indeed at risk from introduced animals like dogs and cats; so are other rare New Zealand fauna. It's a sensible suggestion; it's not going to happen in anyone's lifetime but it's worth proposing.

[emmie]

there has to be a better suggestion that kill all the cats, surely there must be some bright spark out there, or here who can come up with a fool proof method of alerting birds and other wildlife that there is a predator in their midst.

[joggerjayne]

Seagulls don't seem overly worried about cats.

[DangerUXD]

I've heard that some people put a bell round the cats neck so the birds can hear them comming, that would help but it'd probably drive the owners round the twist!

[emmie]

many are bigger than cats, and can hold their own, besides they are more interested in having a dust up with each other than what the local cats get up to.

[emmie]

bells don't work, at least not that i have ever seen.

[jno]

he says killing cats is an option but basically he just wants people to look after them better

http://garethsworld.com/catstogo/

"Cats have contributed to the extinction of 9 native bird species.
Cats impact on 33 endangered native bird species.
One feral cat killed 102 endangered native short tail bats in a week.
Cats kill native birds. In our cities domestic cats kill native birds faster than they can possibly breed.
Around 40% of New Zealand’s native land-birds are already extinct, and of the ones remaining 37% are endangered."

A fair argument.

[ludwig]

As jno says, the man does actually have a point. When native species are under threat from foreign invaders it's not a bad idea to take steps to protect them. I'm not sure about culling domestic moggies though. It's a tricky one.

[emmie]

if they are house cats then ok, but most cats are not, they are natural predators, and will kill prey for sport, my cat didn't need the prey to eat, as i fed him well.

[brionon]

Yeah kill 'em all.signed The Wildebeest protection Society !!