by Neil Sanderson | May 18, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Wildlife Protection
Reported today by the ABC in Australia: Cat owners are more concerned about the welfare of their pet than the risk they pose to wildlife when roaming freely, an international study has found. Murdoch University researchers in Perth surveyed more than 1,700 cat owners...
by Neil Sanderson | Jan 15, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Diseases
Yolanda van Heezik, a senior lecturer in zoology at Otago University, has been studying the impact of cats on wildlife. She’s found that there are about 220 pet cats per square kilometre in Dunedin (the number of stray/feral cats is unknown) and that cats kill...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 5, 2015 | Cat Roaming, Wildlife Protection
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry has criticised the SPCA for its policy of neutering and releasing stray cats, saying any strays that cannot be rehomed should be killed. “I would like the SPCA to stop … because if you capture a cat, spay it and release...
