hear hear. Big dogs near us chase and can kill cassowaries esp chicks, cats
don't.
But cats kill all the smaller creatures that we are trying to encourage to live
in our new yard. So we have a cat that lives indoors and only goes outside on
its harness and lead so it cannot get birds, skinks etc. It is easy to teach a
cat to walk with a harness - this one learned in a week though our Darwin cat
took over a month. Cat enjoys watching the birds outside (sunbirds building
nests outside window makes the cat turn inside out with wishing); though
hatchling house geckos foolish enough to come with striking distance pay the
price; adult geckos stay on the ceiling.
We enjoy having a commensal mammal in the house and cats are easier to
housetrain than dogs.
Helen
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From: Carl Clifford <>
To:
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Sent: Sun, 14 November, 2010 9:00:32
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: Pursuing the Great Outdoors
And should not dogs be treated the same? After all, there is considerable
evidence that that species also has considerable deleterious effects on avian
populations. And they present with pretty much the same injuries as cats and I
imagine to pretty much the same degree.
Before I get stomped on, I love cats (to the point of paying to have 2
air-freighted to New Zealand and back 4 years later) and I like dogs. I made a
decision some 10 years ago not to "keep" any pets on environmental and ethical
grounds.
Carl Clifford
On 14/11/2010, at 8:28 AM, <> <>
wrote:
Interesting discussion
Regarding cats, responsible cat owners need to be keep their cats inside at all
times. This should be law in my opinion, not mentioning desexing of all cats
and
having a license to breed. This may sound harsh, but it's best for both the
native animals and the cats. Let me explain.
I am a vet working in an emergency centre and more than 95% of cats we see are
as a result of them being allowed outside. They present being hit by car, being
bitten by other cats/dogs, with tick paralysis etc.
The effect on wildlife is self explanatory. On a sad note most wildlife
presenting with cat bites die despite treatment.
Regards
Heyn
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