Thread: Disposing of feral cats

Originally Posted by bob10

Good God, do you really believe that? You have never worked in the bush then, I think the problem is, with all respect, people with that attitude have never had to live with the problem. Until they have, they should stick to what's warm & fuzzy, & leave the essential work to those who have the balls to do what is right. Bob

You wouldn't have a clue what I have or haven't done Bob. The cat's dead no matter which way you look at it. There's no need to be a cruel arsehole while you are killing it.

Originally Posted by mikehzz

You wouldn't have a clue what I have or haven't done Bob. The cat's dead no matter which way you look at it. Thers's no need to be a cruel arsehole while you are killing it.

Mate that is the ultimate oxymoron, Bob

Well, I hope all you cat passionate do gooders in this forum have the same life extending approach to our wildlife that is being destroyed by wild (and domestic) cats every night. So you are saying that we should take a soft humane approach to an enemy that is gradually destroying wildlife, rather than taking maximum defense on behalf of our beautiful wildlife. Do you know that cats kill koalas? Lorikeets in their 100's? Beautiful small marsupials that no other country on this planet has? Is this ok? Do you endorse your cats wanton killing? If you kill any of these native animals you are likely to end up with a gaol term......but the cats are innocent?

Originally Posted by bob10

Mate, I'm not saying you don't understand, just that you do not have the guts to fix the problem. And , until you realise that these beasts are not human, you never will. Bob

what a laughable statement.... you dont know what I do and dont have the guts for Bob...I remove feral cats...I just choose as a human that has a conscious thought, to make it as quick and painless as possible.

why dont you have the guts to fix the problem without wanting to have an animal that can feel pain suffer on its way out. what do you gain ffrom an animal suffering bob..what sort of gratification do you get out of it? you must get some to argue in favour of inhumane death.

Lou, it's obvious if you don't want to torture cats then you are a cat lover and hate our wildlife. Just killing them humanely is not acceptable...they must suffer.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Well, I hope all you cat passionate do gooders in this forum have the same life extending approach to our wildlife that is being destroyed by wild (and domestic) cats every night. So you are saying that we should take a soft humane approach to an enemy that is gradually destroying wildlife, rather than taking maximum defense on behalf of our beautiful wildlife. Do you know that cats kill koalas? Lorikeets in their 100's? Beautiful small marsupials that no other country on this planet has? Is this ok? Do you endorse your cats wanton killing?

If you kill any of these native animals you are likely to end up with a gaol term......but the cats are innocent?

and the same if you kill an animal (yes a cat) inhumanely..

I personally do not have an issue with wiping Australia free of feral cats would make my job a hell of a lot easier...just really dont get why so many of you think its simply ok to do it in a horrible way.

Jeez, things got catty rather quickly.
My attitude towards feral cats is the same as any animal I hunt. Do it as quickly, cleanly, and humanely as possible. We like to think we're better than the animals, in that we have the ability to make moral decisions, we have a conscience, etc.
Being cruel to an animal simply because we think what it does is cruel is kind of silly, it's applying a human concept to a non human that has no capacity to understand cruelty, it's just what it does.
Now, for all you kill em all anti soft greeny hippy communist kitty killer types, I say this:

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