Ausraila is currently 'at war' with feral felines. By 2020, the Autrailian government wants to kill two million free-roaming, wild cats. The overall population of these cats in Australia is between two and six million cats. In some parts of Autralia, awards or bounties are even being offered for the return of a feral cat's scalp. The reason for this mass killing attampt is the fact that these cats are killing many rare species in Autralia. Since Australia is cut off from the world due to its geography, it has many species that are very rare and some only exist on Australia. Athough feral cats are are related to the normal cats we all know, these ones were forced to live in th wild and therefore hunt to survive. This makes them feral and dangerous. Since they were first introduced to Autralia, they have drove an estimated 20 mammals to extiction and is a large probem to many species of birds as well. This makes feral cats the biggest threat of native species in Australia.
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What is your opinion on the government's solution to their feral cat situation?
Do you think any other geographically isolated countries have problems with feral cats like Australia does?
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Great job Olivia! Be sure to include personal thoughts within your summary.
I feel like it's kinda harsh. It might work, but I don't think killing two million is neccesary.
Africa, at one time, it might have had a problem with feral cats being overpopulated.
I don't agree with them about killing the cats but they could do something to move them to a certain area and capture them to sell them or spay/nuterur them, There are probably other places that have problems with animals doing the same because they are surrounded by water.
I do not agree with a mass killing of wild cats. There has to be a better way for them to take care of the problem that they are facing. I am sure that there are other place that have problems due to being surrounded by water.
I disagree with them killing Feral Cats. They could spay/nuterur them. It is a much simpler solution, which is more human. I think other countries have problems with feral cats. I read a story where Greece has problems with stray dogs, so this one guy rescues as many as he can.
I think spaying and nuteruring the feral cats would be an attempt at decreasing the rate at which they are reproducing, but you must keep in mind that there are millions of these cats in Australia. Additionally, doing this would not stop the problem in the present - they wouldn't stop killing the natives species and being a problem to human civilians,
I don't think that they should immediately result in killing the cats because there are so many of them. There is a chance that people would want to adopt them. There could be problems with other countries too. Since the cats would have nowhere else to go, then I wouldn't be surprised if this was an issue in other countries.
I see your point, but honestly, we don't really know if they had already tried that or not.. there are millions of these cats - that's why they are such a problem - so I don't believe seeing if anyone wants to adopt these feral cats would result in much of a difference. Australia might have tried it already, but there are just so many and they are feral, meaning they aren't tame. I'm sure not many people would want them.
I think that this is a just fine solution because if these cats are causing many animals to become extinct its fine to cut their population down to a minimal number compared to what they are at now. I believe that other isolated countries or places have problems like this but I think it could be other animals causing these problems instead of cats.
I agree. These have proven themselves a big probelm for both Australian civilians and native species. Cutting down their population would be for the good of everyone. Of course, it seems a little extreme, but really every other option would not make the change that needs to be madeto stop the feral cats from killing many natives species.
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