feral cat

[JDH]

Well stated as usual.

I would be willing to bet that the majority who choose to kill feral cats are not anti domestic cat.

I've killed a few feral cats and I would say 90% of them were due to them fighting with my domesticated cat. The farm across the road was the big draw. Only one was memorable though, had a big tom cat that showed up only at night and wouldn't go into a live trap. I had to use a foothold to get him.

 

[OzzyDave]

Predator hunting is predator hunting. These are not domesticated cats.

Well said. Folks struggle to make that distinction / separation between feral and domestic.
These things breed like wild fire and will quickly decimate native and non native birds, lizards, snakes etc. They are a very adaptive predator.

 

[FAIR CHASE]

Well said. Folks struggle to make that distinction / separation between feral and domestic.
These things breed like wild fire and will quickly decimate native and non native birds, lizards, snakes etc. They are a very adaptive predator.

Think I read somewhere recently that Australia has plans to eliminate 2 million feral cats in 2020.

 

[OzzyDave]

2 million is just scraping the top. The state I live is ”estimated” to have around 5 million feral cats. That’s at least 15 million small critters predated on by this menace each day.
A few years back, they got a bunch of Army shooters in to help. It was some pretty remote semi desert type areas. These areas have scarce large trees and they were finding cats curled up in the bird nests.

 

[mtmiller]

Is an outdoor domestic cat different than a feral one?

 

[noharleyyet]

Is an outdoor domestic cat different than a feral one?

I never knew there was a feral designation...they were house, stray, or barn to me. Had no idea of their numbers or menace.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats (Published 2019)

Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Borny1]

This is a great discussion that really molded into two topics. One being the pussification of the world today and the other being wildlife management by predator control. Both good discussions.

 

[Mica Man]

You’re insinuating that I fu&$ed a cat?
How clever.
I’m her adoptive father.
She never knew her real dad.

Obviously her dad was feral.

 

[mdhunter]

Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats (Published 2019)

Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild.

www.nytimes.com

That’s a long read but quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[blueridge]

Here’s what I think about every time I see my neighbors cat walking down into our woods: How does that white cat that stands out like a sore thumb not get killed and eaten by coyotes?? I’ve seen the damn thing walk right up to a pair of red foxes and the three hang out together. I can’t imagine a coyote giving it the same pass, but year after year I see it hunting back there. ... Only thing I can think of is they must taste horrible. Otherwise, we would have more population control help by wild predators.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Did you skin them? I've seen some cats that had some good looking hides.

 

[FAIR CHASE]

Is there really more than one way to skin a cat?

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Is there really more than one way to skin a cat?

Well you could tube it or rug it so there's at least 2

 

[FAIR CHASE]

Is an outdoor domestic cat different than a feral one?

Sometimes it takes a necropsy.

 

[mtmiller]

Sometimes it takes a necropsy.

Tell that to my neighbor. He might take it out on my dog if I dump a couple of his bird eating cats in my backyard.

 

[Mudder]

Did you skin them? I've seen some cats that had some good looking hides.

I had a pair of calfskin gloves with a fur lining. damn fine gloves, good for cold or even severe cold. I eventually read the inner tag, made in China Cat fur. Cat fur makes some outstanding glove lining.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Took me a minute to track down this gem from the ol’ fire: Too much gun?

 

[get-n-birdy]

That’s a long read but quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.

X2!

 

[stevejfarms]

You’re insinuating that I fu&$ed a cat?
How clever.
I’m her adoptive father.
She never knew her real dad.

Not insinuating anything, just amused by the term "father". Far as I know, no cat gets to know it's real father. You're an owner, not a parent.