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Should cats be eradicated from Australia?

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Two more flags before I die!
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^ Look, I'm not saying you're wrong about the first part. Maybe we can just agree that all left-wing people, right-wing people and pet owners are terrible and leave it at that. :lol:
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Theres some interesting research being undertaken into the relationship between native animal scat and the health of native forests. Apparently the funguses promote tree growth.

By coincidence next weekend Im going to stay in a woodland forest where 28,000 hectares have been fenced with feral animal proof fencing and there are a great variety of marsupials and birds. I can imagine this fencing is very expensive to establish and maintain.

Cat control varies across local government and where I live has no regulation other than registration.

i would never own a cat because of how destructive they are. I hope they are better controlled in the future, along with other feral species. It seems that if we want to enjoy our forests and the benefit to the atmosphere they will have to be, no matter what the pet food industry throws at it
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think positive wrote:i dont get people without dogs, there is something fundamentally wrong with them!
We're just not needy.
kill for collingwood!
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Two more flags before I die!
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The red one, I think.
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You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either!
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I'm not sure if I would like to do give to the worthy . What's it like?
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HAL wrote:I'm not sure if I would like to do give to the worthy . What's it like?
your male huh?

Joke guys!
You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either!
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You can be a needy giver, too.
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Thanks, roar, for your kind criticism.
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"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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Post by K »

David wrote:...
*cough cough* a thread about genocide and murder, more like. I think a few cat lovers might have been provoked, that's all. ;)
Cat lovers "provoked" into becoming genocidal and murderous? What an intriguing idea...
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^

The only genocide and murder happening here is that being committed by cats. :P
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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K wrote:
David wrote:...
*cough cough* a thread about genocide and murder, more like. I think a few cat lovers might have been provoked, that's all. ;)
Cat lovers "provoked" into becoming genocidal and murderous? What an intriguing idea...
I know a few personally and all I can say is, denigrate cats in their presence at your own risk! :lol:

I'm more into rats, personally, so I feel a little like a neutral party in this war (though I greatly prefer cats to dogs).
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