If you ask me, cats hunt mostly at night (that is if they are allowed to
roam by their owners). Birds are most vulnerable when they are sleeping/not
entirely awake. Cat's know where to find these birds, and I dear say that
they can smell birds also, and even see them.
I don't know how to answer your problem, I don't think it is your problem
alone either. I think a LOT of people are aware and concerned about such
issues, but don't bother to make an issue out of it aside from the usual
preventative measures within their means, depending ...
If you ask me, I honestly think that if people are to have cats, then they
should have a microchip implanted inside their skin, or whatever is the best
practice these days. The other thing is that cats should NOT be allowed to
go out after dark. There is NOTHING good that can come of it. Then you would
have to have people looking for cats as their primary job/duty all night,
and how is that going to be paid for, or maybe the "volunteer army" could be
called in ...
I suppose the line-of-defence starts in your own backyard, I haven't been
able to concoct any scientific remedies that would make the perimeter grow
yonder. If anybody has any handy hints, I'd sure like to hear them. I mean,
really, how did all the ferral cats get to where they are now ?
So I guess I am having a bit of a spray/speel on the matter in that I think
that cats have a negative impact on native fauna, and that people should be
responsible about them. On the same token, I wouldn't want to go to crazy
with laws, but I do feel the government should do something about it. I
mean, a law says more than a neighbour. Hmm.
There's my 5c worth. Passing back to the list for "handy hints" ...
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Hi
I wonder if any of you bird lovers can help us with this. We are lucky
enough to have many birds visit us every day. We are unlucky in that we
have a cat which visits which loves these birds - to death.
The cat had a collar and bell - but we found it caught on the net
protecting our fish from the white faced heron which visits us every year.
I put it back on the cat (which incidentally is very appealing - and we had
our own cats for years when we lived in Duffy, but cats and birds don't mix
here) and it was gone the next day. I bought a double bell collar and put
it on the little thing yesterday (which was pretty bad since it is not our
cat) but there are more feathers in the yard today. I don't know what to do
about this. We obviously love the birds and the cat is only behaving as one
would expect of a cat. I don't know the people who own it........
Do any of you know what we can do to discourage the cat? Tony is pretty
good with the water pistol but that really doesn't seem to deter it.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Thank you
Charmian Lawson
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