Sad news, Greg. It is about time our Federal and State Governments bit the
bullet and introduced a biological control method for cats. Certainly some pet
moggies will be collateral damage, but a vaccine could be developed for
domestic use, as in the vaccine used to protect domestic rabbits from
calicivirus. If such a control measure is not introduced, we may as well give
up on species such as the Night Parrot, as shooting and baiting only affects
the tip of the iceberg and as a control measure, they are like incontinence in
a dark suit.
Before I get flamed, I would like to say that I am a cat lover, but do not keep
a cat on environmental and moral grounds.
Carl Clifford
> On 17 Feb 2015, at 12:37 pm, Greg Roberts <> wrote:
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> In a seriously disturbing development, a feral cat has killed an
> endangered Night Parrot in south-west Queensland.
> See here for more:
> HTTP://TINYURL.COM/PRP2XOF
> Greg Roberts
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