A killer on our streets

A cat in our street killed three birds in our yard last year. I couldn’t find whose cat it was
because it was roaming free in the neighbourhood. To say I was furious at the lack of
responsibility was an understatement. I chased it off with a super soaker every time I saw it,
but it kept on killing.
The Federal federal government this week rejected the idea of a blanket cat curfew as
recommended by the Standing standing Committee committee on the Environment
environment and Energy’s energy, which had been inquiry inquiring into the problem of
feral and domestic cats in Australia.
The committee estimated that the average feral cat kills 1100 animals a year.
Some councils have already introduced dusk- to- dawn curfews and Knox City Council in
Melbourne’s east has issued a 24-hour curfew.
Would you like to see more cat controls? Is a nightly curfew even enforceable? Who’s
patrolling the streets at 3am to check on cats?

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Yes, I would like to see a massive control on cats. I have to go to great lengths to keep one particular cat out of my garden.

Use the hose lol

I would also like to see a massive control of teenagers on their bikes and shooters racing around between the traffic after being let out, most of them are around 14 to 17 years of age.  Not only that their parents are not better and drive around the place as if they own it.

I am in full agreement about cats and the way they kill for kicks,  if people choose to have cats then they should have to keep them fully controlled and unable to kill.

I used to shoot them when they came to my yard many decades ago -- unfortunately unable to do that these days as no darn gun, but have trapped a few and taken them to the council.

Why the hell they are allowed to roam I do not understand, cats kill NIGHT & DAY

I came home from the airport at 4am one time and there were 5 cats in my driveway

I share your thoughts PlanB. There is a cat that slinks across my back fence some evenings and I turn the hose on it. The next morning it comes creeping back. I don't know where it lives but you can hear a few of them moaning and groaning and fighting about 3a.m.  What a noise. 

Register them the same as we have to when owning dogs. Also microchip them. Make the registrations just as expensive as a dog. Then you will truly know responsible owners.

Guns not needed, they are other ways to dispose of these feral animals.

PlanB, not all cats surely, can you save our Cat from the firing squad lolol

The ones I shot were feral cats.

 

The ones that come into my yard now are owned but the owners are letting them out -- even though they're chipped IMO they should be finned a large amount

Cats don't ask to be feral. They are just trying to survive. If you can't help them, please don't hurt them.  It's the owners who don't care who are the trouble.

I agree Sandy:

However, the native animals don't ask to be killed either

We've had cats all our lives and every one of them have always been indoor cats..We always have two and provide them with lots of different playthings and Cat Trees to be able to look out the windows at all that Wildlife that remains safe..Easy to look after, gives enormous joy and affection..Yes domesticated Cats should always live indoors if your a responsible owner...

Portable cat traps are cheap & even easy to build. When it's caught take it straight away to a shelter. If it's chipped or has other ID they should contact the owner to come & collect which I think they'll be required to pay a release fee, like bail, with a stern warning that the cat is now on the data base. 3 strikes and zap.

I am in full agreement about cats and the way they kill for kicks,  if people choose to have cats then they should have to keep them fully controlled and unable to kill.

I used to shoot them when they came to my yard many decades ago -- unfortunately unable to do that these days as no darn gun, but have trapped a few and taken them to the council.

Why the hell they are allowed to roam I do not understand, cats kill NIGHT & DAY

I came home from the airport at 4am one time and there were 5 cats in my driveway

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Well Karl if you read my post that is what is done now --  they are trapped

Cats are such wonderful companions if they are "indoor" cats and not allowed to roam. If not ... they are a menace.

Recently I had to go back to our Council again and ask for a CAT TRAP, we have three male cats that keep calling around 4am at our bedroom door and one around 8pm at the dining room door. Got so fed up with it I asked for the CAT TRAP to be set up.

Instead the Council sent the Ranger that is in charge of this offence to call at all the cat owners in the vacinity he said it number 15 cat homes and told them to be responsible cat owners.  I bet they didn't take a blind bit of notice, the Councils Need to trap them like they do in other countries.  It is not the cats fault but the lazy owners, same applies to lazy dog owners that leave their dogs to roam around after dark and mess the pavements.

One person I spoke to she said it was not her cat!  But I know her cat and yes it was him!

Such as life in Australia, where the average pet owner  do not act responsible.

Just watch the RSPCA tv programme to see them!

Resposibale cat owner like my self have always had their cats indoors, it is not that hard. The only problem with making rules is that the responsble people are the ones who end up paying, because the irresponsible people will NOT get their cats micro chipped, will NOT register them, will NOT keep them in from dusk till dawn, I have always said it is NOT the animal that needs to be registered it should be the people, if you want an animal you apply to the Council, they do an inspection to make sure your yard is appropriate for a dog and the proper enclosure for a cat, quite simple really, the ones who don't do the right thing will never bother to get animals because they will never bother to do what they need to do to keep pets EASY.

From new research published in the journal Diversity and Distributions today and supported by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub ... cats and foxes collectively kill in Australia each year:
• more than 1.4 billion mammals;
• almost 700 million reptiles;
• and around 510 million birds.

Foxes and cats killed more than 2.6 billion animals in Australia each year. Supplied: Stobo-Wilson et al/Diversity and Distributions.

Yes RnR and then they also have to cope with the toads as well

 

That mongrel cat that stalks across my back fence got the rounds of the hose last night. When I went into to my backyard

this morning I heard next  door neighbours opening their sliding door and talking in their lingo and next minute I heard a cat meowing. I think it is the one that invades my place. These people. when they sign up to rent , the renting form says "No Cats or Dogs Allowed in the premises".  Well, the plot thickens. You can bet London to a Brick On that it hasn't been doctored.  

 

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