Gregg,
I share this bloke's world and when it comes to cats, his sentiments too.
We've had about twenty ring-tailed possums and a dozen wattle birds all
decapitated and disemboweled by a single cat over an eighteenth month
period. I trapped the little darling once but he managed to get out and of
course became trap-shy for any subsequent attempts. He's not around
anymore, I think some other irritated neighbour may have ended his days
more successfully.
The problem of course is that a few misguided cat lovers seem to think that
pussy should be allowed to hunt outside at night with the result that
unique Australian fauna is being decimated.
I'll get off my soap box now...
Regards,
John.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg Iverson [SMTP:giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 12:06 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Hello again, and a question
Sounds like they are almost as hard on the environment and humans as cows.
Gregg
Andrew wrote:
>And in my world, cats are a serious feral pest which decimate native
>wildlife and carry serious diseases like toxoplasmosis (causes blindness
in
>children, brain damage in other species). Aboriginals eat them I believe
>(good tucker) - although they're hard to catch. I could probably get some
>recipes if you're interested.
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