I thought this was a hoax at first, as to introduce something so stupid, and
show a complete
disregard for native fauna was unbelievable to me.
As it is, normal cats found roaming after dark should be put down on the spot.
Simon Muirhead
Quoting Cliff & Dianne Dent <>:
> I get the feeling you don=92t like cats much Tony!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Tony Russell
> Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 10:54 AM
> To: 'Bill Stent'; 'Birding-aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Scientists rally to keep out 'supercats'
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> We shouldn't allow ANY cats into Australia !! We have enough
> trouble
> getting rid of the existing feral mongrels.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Bill Stent
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:57 AM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Scientists rally to keep out 'supercats'
>
>
> Our female cat is normal size, maybe even a little small, but she's
> an
> absolute terror. She shreds cat toys as fast as we can supply them,
> and
> when she decides she doesn't want to be held, you normally bleed.
> Having
> said that, she's lovely to have around.
>
> Any larger, however, and she wouldn't be manageable at all. I can
> only
> imagine what something like her only double normal size would be
> like.
>
> (I have to add that our cats are safely locked up in the house or
> the
> adjoining cat run at ALL times.)
>
> Bill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Peter Shute
> Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 10:09 AM
> To: Alastair Smith; Birding-aus
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Scientists rally to keep out 'supercats'
>
> Super ferals, ust what we need. Can a normal cat really not jump 2m
> from a standing start? Perhaps I've only seen them jump when
> running,
> but I would have thought they could jump further than that.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> wrote on Friday, 13 June 2008 9:28
> AM:
> =20
> >> From the ABC news website:
>
> > The University of Sydney's professor of ecology, Chris Dickman, is
> > warning hybrid cats - which can jump up to two metres from a
> standing=20
> > start - would be uncontrollable in the Australian outback.
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