Cat Control

["michael norris" <>]

Hi all

This is mainly a plea to encourage your local Councils to introduce 
compulsory cat desexing, as advocated by the Humane Society.
For Victorians there is a great opportunity to do this as Council Animal 
Management Plans are being produced this year.
In my urban area of Melbourne domestic cats have been breeding in bushland, 
perhaps after being dumped.  In our worst area they were sustained by a kind 
person who would feed 20 or more at night.  She was eventually persuaded to 
cooperate through an agreement that she would call them for food so that a 
vet could desex them.  The problem declined and the Council now traps cats 
where possible.
Incidentally the cat message has been getting through with declining 
ownership and increased desexing over the last 10 years.  And the pet food 
industry seems to have given up its campaign saying urban cats are OK 
because they mainly kill rodents and introduced birds.
Michael Norris