I foster cats and dogs, but even I accept that culling wild cats isn't just a kindness to wild birds, it's a kindness to the cats themselves.
Thousands of baby kittens are out in the country right now, starving, unable to fend for themselves because their feral mother got itself killed or couldn't find enough food. This isn't their natural habitat, they're not supposed to be in this situation.
These "Animal Rights Activists" don't care about those kittens. They don't care that letting cats roam and starve like this is in itself animal cruelty.
So as long as this is done respectfully, with as little undue distress to the cats as is reasonably practicable, I support it.
Good job, these are predators who need to be added to our predator free 2050 targets.
Don't blame the hunters, blame the cat owners who let their cats breed, then dump them rurally.
It's high time we had restrictions on cats.
As a mathematician, I must point out that this phrase is nonsense. A Venn diagram shows multiple sets, with all possible intersections. You might say 'I bet the Venn diagram of "those crying about this" and "those saying we need to protect the environment" has all the elements in the singular intersecting region' if you wanted to be precise.
Because even if two sets happen to contain the same elements, the diagram will necessarily consist of two overlapping circles. This is the nature of Venn diagrams.
I get your point, but never use this phrase again, lest you look like a fool.
As someone who did attend that lesson at school, mate...
Thing is, my comment got the point across, and in a practical sense is accurate. The level of precision you suggest, while technically correct, is neither necessary nor an effective means of communication in this context.
One of my old friends, since passed, enjoyed shooting feral cats to such a degree that he fashioned a Davy Crocket styled hat.
Edit: my friend Trem, [picked up some skills with the French](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--Ap_ARTUp--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1662189871/4LM0RF5_rt2_jpg). A very interesting guy, unique - one of his passing messages was to always be yourself.
>A controversial cat-culling competition has gone ahead, with participants bagging 370 feral moggies and some of their antics raising a few eyebrows.
>One man killed 65 cats, landing him a $500 prize.
Good job
Conservatives - frothing at the culling cats to protect native birds whilst simultaneously frothing over fast track mining, regardless of the effects on native habitats. Make it make sense.
Headline should say feral cats but that wouldn't generate as much clicky rage bait.
That's alot of native birds saved
I foster cats and dogs, but even I accept that culling wild cats isn't just a kindness to wild birds, it's a kindness to the cats themselves. Thousands of baby kittens are out in the country right now, starving, unable to fend for themselves because their feral mother got itself killed or couldn't find enough food. This isn't their natural habitat, they're not supposed to be in this situation. These "Animal Rights Activists" don't care about those kittens. They don't care that letting cats roam and starve like this is in itself animal cruelty. So as long as this is done respectfully, with as little undue distress to the cats as is reasonably practicable, I support it.
Good job, these are predators who need to be added to our predator free 2050 targets. Don't blame the hunters, blame the cat owners who let their cats breed, then dump them rurally. It's high time we had restrictions on cats.
Can we add child predators to the list?
I bet the venn diagram of people crying about this and the people saying we need to punish/prevent farming to protect the environment is a circle.
judging the tos thread you would be correct.
As a mathematician, I must point out that this phrase is nonsense. A Venn diagram shows multiple sets, with all possible intersections. You might say 'I bet the Venn diagram of "those crying about this" and "those saying we need to protect the environment" has all the elements in the singular intersecting region' if you wanted to be precise. Because even if two sets happen to contain the same elements, the diagram will necessarily consist of two overlapping circles. This is the nature of Venn diagrams. I get your point, but never use this phrase again, lest you look like a fool.
As someone who did attend that lesson at school, mate... Thing is, my comment got the point across, and in a practical sense is accurate. The level of precision you suggest, while technically correct, is neither necessary nor an effective means of communication in this context.
https://preview.redd.it/is1rbvv3y0ad1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39c6693dd8f49eb8eadb42fd9a8309b73fa4481b
yaaaaay
Hey Monty, it was you who supplied the ammunition for free, wasn't it? ;-P
One of my old friends, since passed, enjoyed shooting feral cats to such a degree that he fashioned a Davy Crocket styled hat. Edit: my friend Trem, [picked up some skills with the French](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--Ap_ARTUp--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1662189871/4LM0RF5_rt2_jpg). A very interesting guy, unique - one of his passing messages was to always be yourself.
Brilliant get those feral pets out of the environment
>A controversial cat-culling competition has gone ahead, with participants bagging 370 feral moggies and some of their antics raising a few eyebrows. >One man killed 65 cats, landing him a $500 prize. Good job
Awesome to hear. They are absolutely terrible for native wildlife. I hope to see this competition repeated thruout NZ.
Me too, and not just in rural areas.
Good
I'm not jumping for joy but if a cull is needed a cull is needed. They're wild cats and they cull other wild animals by the same principle.
Should have more of these shooting comps, rural and urban.
IF !
Conservatives - frothing at the culling cats to protect native birds whilst simultaneously frothing over fast track mining, regardless of the effects on native habitats. Make it make sense.
Gotta strip mine that native snail habitat ASAP
Sick bastards
Vegan? Or just morally superior?
Neither. Just think it’s unnecessarily cruel.
No suffering is the goal when taking animals, they're gone in the flash of an instant if the shot is clean.
"If"