G'day all,

As you likely know we in Australia are required to have a full shooter's licence, but the issue of cats, especially feral cats, is a primary issue for Australia as indigenous fauna is defenceless against cats and domestic [pet] cats left to roam at night do massive damage:

"Each feral cat kills between 5-30 animals per day. While they
appear to prefer small mammals, they also eat birds, reptiles
and amphibians. Taking the lower figure in that range (five)
and multiplying it by a conservative population estimate of
15 million cats gives
a minimum estimate of 75 million
native animals killed daily by feral cats."

[http://www.australianwildlife.org/me...mer-2012-2013]

If my memory is correct many years ago a company of Australian soldiers on exercise in the outback were directed to clear feral cats out of a particular region in which they were deployed.

Typically the city-living types [often owning cats] express their "humanitarian" concern about the pain and suffering of cats being destroyed, but worry little about the animals they daily kill and these people are also the same types who want to see greater restrictions on private ownership of fire-arms.

Jim

Garibaldi, Victoria, Australia