slim6y
Almost Legendary
My dream job would be to shoot every feral cat in Australia, if i was paid id woud be happy to wipe them all out , the destruction a feral cat does to the native wildlife is devestating ! if i was paid by the government i would be out there every night killing these ferals, i dont have a problem with it.
i remember years ago on a ride to a small camping area in south east queensland and there was hundreds of feral cats surrounding us i was suprised that so many could surround this river and camping area ! shining the torch in any direction youd see more eyes glowing .
Don't be selfish! Other people could do the job too you know
Imagine it though - what would the job advert be... Then... Just like in cousie bro land (NZ) when the army was called in to kill a herd of wild horses (which NZers don't affectionately dub 'brumbies') running around the Kaimanawa Ranges in the North Island.
Unfortunately people see fury, cute, big, intelligence etc etc all as features they admire and adore. What they fail to see is the 14 species of beetle that the horses are destroying, native tussocks, land where certain species of skink live (and they live no where else). But no... These small, insignificant animals are nothing in comparisson to these magnificent beasts (the horses). It makes me sick!
The army would have dispatched of these horses in only a few weeks (all of them) and life would go on.
Instead, people got up in arms about them and made photographic calendars featuring these wild horses!
While I do not think Aussies share the same affection to the cats, there would still be an uproar if it were 'advertised' - yet funny enough, it looks like you'll be able to legally cull crocs in Weipa soon enough - a native and an animal that belongs there! Do people get up in arms about that? Not even a bit!