It is interesting to note that the wild cats of the western area of Australia have a different genetic inheritance than the east and probably arrived earlier than the British cats of the 1700's - possibly from Dutch or Portugese.
Interesting! Never knew that. I had always assumed that they basically came in with the British settlers or later immigrants.
Whichever way they came even the domestic moggie does much harm to the wildlife and cat owners on the whole persist in letting their cats roam around, especially at night when a lot of Australian wildlife is active.
Our various ecology-minded organizations try to get people to keep their cats indoors, especially when young birds are fledging, but it's hard to persuade the owners. Maybe a few well-publicized eagle attacks would encourage people to realize that keeping the cats inside is better for the cats as well as the other animals. I know that indoor cats generally have a much longer life than those that go outdoors.
I really like that book p '100 uses for a dead cat'
I like cats (
and dogs,
and birds, and
most other vertebrates (not too fond of monkeys, sheep, bears, sharks, or poisonous snakes), but I'm not crazy about irresponsible owners. But I laughed at that book too. That might just be my strange sense of humor, though. I also liked the "Roadkill Cookbook."
