As cats usually don’t wear ID tags or are microchipped, they would have to
be identified by the owners before they could be given back. I think that
any cat, feral or domesticated found hunting wildlife, should be regarde as
feral and
euthenased. I am not anti cat, I have had many over the years and as a
species, I am very fond of them, but I recognise that that they cause
significant losses of wildlife and no longer have any and don’t intend
having any in the future. One of the main reasons being of course, is that
I am now the carer for 3 rescued Greyhounds and any cat brought into the
house would have a short but exciting life. My nect door neighbour has 5
cats which used to spend a lot of time in my back yard. They do not venture
in now.
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Yes, but if it's a pet, won't it be given back if it's trapped?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 19 May 2018, at 5:57 pm, Carl Clifford <<mailto:
> >> wrote:
>
> Does it matter, Peter. Whateverit's statusit should be removedor
> terminated.
>
>
> On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Peter Shute <<mailto:
> >> wrote:
> Barney, do you think it was feral, or a local pet?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 18 May 2018, at 5:34 pm, Barney Enders <
> <>> wrote:
> >
> > I had a quick visit to Anglesea Victoria overnight last week and took a
> > quick walk along the beach to the point in the drizzling rain in the
> > evening.
> >
> > I came across the signs telling about the rare Hooded Plover nesting in
> the
> > area and how dogs etc weren't allowed past this point, I was
> >
> > told that volunteers manned the area during the Plovers nesting season
> and
> > kept people away from the nesting area.
> >
> >
> >
> > I backtracked and climbed the sandune where the steps lead down to the
> beach
> > and from the top I could see a Hooded Plover at the water's edge feeding
> > about 100 mts away towards the point ,so I sat on the steps and watched
> for
> > a while and it was soon joined by its mate.
> >
> >
> >
> > They continued to feed running into the surf and quickly running out
> again
> > between waves before getting wet, this continued till they approached the
> > rocks and fed on them close to where I was sitting.
> >
> > Another joined them but was soon hunted away each time by the slightly
> > bigger one which I presumed was the male.
> >
> >
> >
> > I had a great viewing of them for quite a while until I noticed a
> movement
> > on my left at the edge of the scrub and there watching them closely was a
> > big tabby cat which began to stalk them through the rocks that lead down
> to
> > the water's edge.
> >
> > I Plovers flew away when I approached and gave the cat a hurry up but it
> > only retreated into the edge of the scrub and crouched till I threw more
> > rocks at it.
> >
> >
> >
> > If someone on here knows of the volunteers or the powers that be that
> > protect these birds and can tell them of the cats existence something
> could
> > be done to trap it.
> >
> > It would be a great tragedy to loose these beautiful and declining birds
> > after all the time and effort has gone into protecting them from people
> etc.
> >
> > Barney Enders.
> >
> >
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