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Roaming cat caught in neighbour’s leg-hold trap

20MayNeil SandersonCat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold TrapsNew Zealand

Unfortunately, we cannot assume that all humans are decent and compassionate towards animals – including our pets. This is from today’s New Zealand Herald: A man captured a neighbour’s pet cat in a leg-hold trap to prevent it from hunting birds on his property. Paul Parsons was convicted on a charge of using a prohibited

Cat owners more concerned about pets than wildlife

18MayNeil SandersonCat Roaming, Cat Safety, Wildlife ProtectionNew Zealand, Research

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 and non-cat owners from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, USA, China

Otago researcher urges cat owners to take responsibility

15JanuaryNeil SandersonCat Roaming, DiseasesNew Zealand, Research

Yolanda van Heezik, a senior lecturer in zoology at Otago University, says many New Zealanders don’t feel they need to do anything to control their pet cat.

Kill stray cats, says Conservation Minister

5JuneNeil SandersonCat Roaming, Wildlife ProtectionNew Zealand

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 it, often what happens is they find a little supermarket

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Roaming cat caught in neighbour’s leg-hold trap

Cat owners more concerned about pets than wildlife

Otago researcher urges cat owners to take responsibility

Kill stray cats, says Conservation Minister