Feral Cats & Fox Devastate OUR Native Wildlife

@craftilyrecycled says:

Well said! Totally agree! Although I’m in country town suburbia that used to be on the edge of town (town grew past us), our yard is about 1,800 m2. Full of tiny birds, frogs, blue tongues and other skinks, etc. Suburban backyard with local native fauna. We own 2 cats, both rescues, both desexed, microchipped and 100% indoor only. They are happy, well fed, do zoomies, etc. And told by vets they are far healthier than any cat allowed outside. Proving you can responsibly own happy cats and not add to the carnage. Sadly, we get a lot of neighbours cats visit our yard, and have had one fox visit in our almost 20 years here. It killed one of our free range backyardchooks. We want to use traps to catch the visiting cats humanely and have them taken to local no kill animal shelter. We’re seen as horrible people for it. 🙄

And, yes, as a kid we raised ducks for food. Did all the dirty work to enjoy a duck roast. Used what we couldn’t eat to fertilise the garden in compost pits, like you do. Would still do it, if my kids didn’t freak at the idea.

And, as a watcher of homesteaders on youtube, I watch folks who hunt. I, personally, am not a fan of hunting. But respect the hunters I watch as they make it humane kills and use the whole animal. And they are honest about it. They call it “harvesting wildlife”.

I guess those born and raised it city and densely packed suburbian, those with no clue how life “in the bush” is like, who can access food easily, who live in a disney like bubble reality of cute, nice animals who act perfectly will complain. 😢 Sorry for the extra long comment, the devastation of Australian native species due to the impact of introduced species being met with indifference by irresponsible people has been a life long pet peeve of mine. ❤

@jonathan_r_lee92 says:

RIP to the wallaby

Edit: and to all of the animals and critters that are extinct thanks to the cats and foxes.

@lissette80 says:

We are in the suburbs and seeing domestic cats out and about is frustrating too because just like feral cats they kill all kinds of creatures. Good on you Rob for doing your bit to get rid of pests.

@SuperPhilkat says:

We’ve lived in the country for over 40years and while we make sure we have secure pens there is the odd occasion where we’ve arrived home late or have forgotten to lock up. Foxes are opportunistic animals and they arrive , destroy and leave bodies untouched.
We try to live a permaculture lifestyle where there is abundance for all but I draw the line at gifting our best layers for a fox snack. As cute as a fox looks they’re not farm/ native friendly

@TheTexasHorseman says:

Managing the balance of life on rural lands and farms is tough and vigilance is constant.

@davidmoore7303 says:

Good on you, there is a real world

@LizNeville says:

Hear hear

@ozzypunk1 says:

Foxes, feral cats, rabbits, carp and wild pigs are a huge problem in Australia. Good on you Rob for voicing your concerns.

@bradcarby3765 says:

We have a tonne of wild dogs on our land and in the national park that we connect to. It’s not a joke. They are massive and ten or twelve dogs in a group. I assume they are escaped or abandoned pigging dogs because they are that sort of size and shape. Massive and dangerous and just eat whatever they can tear apart. There is no fkn way my kids are going out the back of our land on their own at night.

@AnthonyHarper1200 says:

Nice one Rob!, don’t stress to much, Wally is a Wally!