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?
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.