I respect cats. Their claws, and perverse appetites for anything that
moves in an idiosyncratic manner.
I've been reading a bit lately about the question of felix in Australian
eocological contexts and it seems that there's the odd punter willing to
argue that cats are actually pivotal to ecologies in some vague,
half-(arsed) "systemic" sense, with some advancing the line that cats
don't eat much "native" stuff at all, or at least not with any
significant effect. I've my doubts, but how is the matter of hard
"scientific" evidence of the proclivities of kitties demonstrated
currently.
Any scientists out there willing to join the fray: I'm dead keen to hear
all arguments on this little number. There really ought to be enough
qualified operators out there to commence publishing material that
refutes the claim that cat's don't consume local wildlife/birds: surely
scat analyses exist en masse demonstrating the complexity of the
situation?
Craig Williams
[Cat title (Sometimes acquaintance of cats known by others as pets)]
>>> Carl Clifford <> 12/01/04 4:33 PM >>>
Dear All,
Unfortunately, most bells used are ineffective due to their size. For
the average cat, one of approx. 1 Kg is most suitable.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
PS. I actually do like cats!
CC
On 01/12/2004, at 1:31 PM, J Rose wrote:
> My border collie (also a twitcher) and I rescued a crested pigeon from
> the neighbour's cat on Saturday evening around dusk. We live on a
> 2-acre block at Highvale (around 35ks n/w of Brisbane cbd). The moggie
> was toying with the capture up the back of our block and my dog came
> in the house barking for me to take a look. Of course the cat took off
> as we approached and I was able to rescue the CP. Unfortunately the
> dog was unable to catch the cat!!
>
>
>
> The CP was missing all but 4 tail feathers and plenty of down feathers
> from around the anal region. Very little blood though and no puncture
> marks so I dabbed it with some Betadine in the appropriate places and
> took it off to our wonderful wildlife carer for some R & R where it
> has lived through the initial shock (which is the usual killer), and
> has survived to day 4. Hopefully in around a month's time I will be
> able to release it back in this vicinity.
>
>
>
> A peculiar aspect of this episode though is to attest to the fact that
> the cat was wearing a collar with bells and serves to prove a
> suspicion that I've had for some time: -
>
> I'm certain that after wearing these bell collars for some
> time, cats learn to hunt and stalk without them 'ringing'.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any comments in this??
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
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