Cat tracker project underway in suburban SA

[David Rees <>]

Ian

Please define a 'small animal" - have no problem if what you are talking about is a mouse!

The scenario you paint may be true of a hungry feral cat, in a 'natural' environment where the only food available is what it catches.

To equate this with the activities of a domestic animal,  with its own 'home' with a food bowl and  somewhere safe to sleep for its exclusive use is, at best, highly questionable. It is one possible scenario of many.

Furthermore how far a cat (or any predator)  travels and how much it hunts are likely to have little relationship with each other. 

I might help if you spend some more time watching domestic animals.

David

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Ian Baird <> wrote:

Kathryn,

Thanks for posting this. New technology is opening up interesting research opportunities.

 

Whenever we see small animals present in habitat, we naturally assume they are there to feed and gain sustenance there. That is a reasonable assumption often borne out by complementary observations which support the presumption.

 

I see no reason why it is not logical to assume the same about cats –until we have good evidence to the contrary.

 

Ian Baird

 

From: Kathryn Eyles [mailto:m("bigpond.com","kathymatty");" target="_blank">]
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Cat tracker project underway in suburban SA

 

Dear birdlsters 

 

For those interested in the cat containment debate - this fascinating project in SA is tracking the roaming patterns of a group of domestic cats in the suburbs.  

http://www.discoverycircle.org.au/projects/cat-tracker/

 

You can also view the individual cat tracks - click on view track under each cat   

http://www.discoverycircle.org.au/projects/cat-tracker/tracks/#nimblebox[nimble_portfolio_gal_default]/0/

 

Some moggies roam in their immediate neighbourhood but others like MonMon, Frizzle and BruceWillis had some long forays to suburb edge and beyond.

 

Kathy