Originally Posted by
hamsav
Mind control parasites ? evil overlords ?.........you could hardly expect anyone to take you seriously now:P
I have a cat , and heaps of fantails , tui's, bell birds wood pigeons and other birds , happily he doesn't seem interested in them .... ha maybe he knows he's way to fat to catch anything that doesn't come in pre-packaged , anyhow we love him to bits but he wouldn't last long if I thought he had developed a taste for native fauna.
Cant remember the last time I read the news to find out that some old lady or kid has had his /her leg/arm/ face chewed off by a pack of out of control cats.... so they aint so bad , however if I had to choose between cats and native stuff the cats would lose every time , and feral ( and some domestic , pet ) cats must have an impact on native fauna..... just not sure how much ( both sides will get a bit hysterical and tend to mis quote anything to their favour ) or how to get a realistic and effective solution . One thing for sure as soon as there is money available it will get used up in politics and other bullshit as those involved will be looking to line their pockets and fuck all will actually be spent solving the problem.