05-08-2019, 05:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2019, 12:09 AM by LPC.
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A cruel and morally repugnant "solution". As I have said on numerous previous threads: humans cause these environmental disasters, so they have a moral obligation to solve them, without causing yet more suffering and environmental problems.
Putting poison on a large scale into the countryside seems totally irresponsible. Many other forms of life could be affected, apart from the cats - by eating the dead bodies or ingesting the sausages directly.
The best solution would be to catch the cats and neuter them. They could then be released back to the wild and left to live out their brief lives in peace, without reproducing. The life expectancy of feral cats is not long:
"Without human assistance, feral kittens are expected to have a high death rate, with approximately 50% dying within the first year. Of cats who survive kittenhood, the average life span of a feral cat without human care is less than two years.....In Florida, a study of feral cats admitted to a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program concluded that "euthanasia for debilitated cats for humane reasons is rarely necessary"
- source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_cat
The usual excuses will be trotted out, of course - "It's too difficult to trap them....or too expensive to sterilise them". These are lame excuses. TNR has been done successfully worldwide; it just needs time and money.
Instead of devoting time and money, the authorities in Australia are seeking a "quick fix" with poisoned sausages. Money before morals seems to be their motto.
Putting poison on a large scale into the countryside seems totally irresponsible. Many other forms of life could be affected, apart from the cats - by eating the dead bodies or ingesting the sausages directly.
The best solution would be to catch the cats and neuter them. They could then be released back to the wild and left to live out their brief lives in peace, without reproducing. The life expectancy of feral cats is not long:
"Without human assistance, feral kittens are expected to have a high death rate, with approximately 50% dying within the first year. Of cats who survive kittenhood, the average life span of a feral cat without human care is less than two years.....In Florida, a study of feral cats admitted to a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program concluded that "euthanasia for debilitated cats for humane reasons is rarely necessary"
- source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_cat
The usual excuses will be trotted out, of course - "It's too difficult to trap them....or too expensive to sterilise them". These are lame excuses. TNR has been done successfully worldwide; it just needs time and money.
Instead of devoting time and money, the authorities in Australia are seeking a "quick fix" with poisoned sausages. Money before morals seems to be their motto.
