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By peter, on July 3rd, 2014
> On 2 Jul 2014, at 4:59 pm, “Kim Sterelny” <kim.sterelny@anu.edu.au> wrote: > > I’ll come clean on this: I do have a domestic cat in inner Canberra where we rent, which takes a lot of rats (over 30 in one month) and no birds; I also have a bush property, and I would never keep a cat there (not until too old to hunt, anyway) Kim, how do you know your cat never takes birds? You might be right that it doesn’t, but I think all you can be sure of is that it only brings rats home. Peter Shute _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
On 3/07/2014 9:55 AM, Tony Russell wrote: A budgie can’t lie on your chest and purr, but it can bite the legs off the canary in the same cage! Brian Fleming _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I think the Federal Govt should take the matter out of the hands of local govt and make all new cat ownership and breeding illegal. Just let the old ones die out or shoot them. Surely cat lovers can switch to budgies which tend not to predate other birds. Simple. Tony, from my PC. —–Original Message—– Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2014 6:04 AM Cc: Birding Aus; Denise Goodfellow I took Denise’s use of the word “delegitimise” to mean making cat ownership less attractive, rather than illegal. I think this is already happening with the increasing voluntary use of cat runs, although there is always a strong push back every time a local council tries to bring in tougher laws. Peter Shute Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org