Thread: Disposing of feral cats

I would be asking the welfare orginisation in that state what is the most humane way of destruction. what you dont want to do is take advice from a load of internet experts and then find yourself in trouble because someone dobs you in.

I personally believe for feral cats its shooting. because to trap a feral cat is extremely stressful and they often injure themselves.

you also possibly may need to be careful in that while feral cats are considered pests I'm pretty sure in NSW you still need to a licensed pest controller to be able to kill them for pest reasons

Stick a big sti9cik up it's butt and cook it over the campfire.

Mmmmmm......

I caught one a few years back. The local vet disposed of it.

if you use a cage-trap you won't hurt the cat, but the only quick way to kill it humanely would be to shoot it in the head, or heart; or if you have it in your hands, blunt-force-trauma to the back of the head where the neck joins.

As Dullbird says; check that you are allowed to do any of those things first and if so, why not do it legally and be a licenced, volunteer, feral destroyer.

I commend you for caring about the issue and wanting to do something about it - the amount of destruction cats do to wildlife especially in arid areas defies belief!

Cheers Charlie

Dullbird is right. On a topic like this someone WILL get offended and dob you in. However a diesel exhaust wont kill a cat, needs to be petrol. If you have permission to shoot on a property it is legal to shoot any feral animal, as I do. Tim

That sounds like a very unpleasant way to pass the time for very little overall effect. Probably like me trying to make the place better....I like to pick up as much used toilet paper as I can from outback camps where people can't be bothered doing the right thing.

Originally Posted by newhue

might be opening a can of worms here.

Recently watched show on telly that suggested Australia has an estimated 16 000 000 feral cats.
I went on a central Aus trip last year and saw plenty of cats. I'm lucky enough to be going back this year and thought I'd take the trap along and help out so to speak.

My pondery is what to do with it once it's caught. I initially thought a plastic garbage bag over the trap, then bag attached to exhaust.
I under stand this may offend some people, but if people desexed their cats to start perhaps the problem would not be as such.

Anyone have any humanish suggestions for disposal.

The exhaust trick does not work with diesels only petrols.
I carry a camp gun. Savage UO .22/.410 shotgun. It does the job very well It disturbs me that we are not encouraged to eliminate the things instead of making it harder for us.

At home I usually put it in a hessian bag & tie it to the exhaust, but only works on petrol engine, they just go to sleep, cant get more humane than that.

One of my friends just drops the cage into an appropriately deep body of water and retrieves a few minutes later.