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I wonder if this is in any way related to the Australian Government deciding in 2015 to try to kill two million feral cats by 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/201
by ourcat 6y ago
I wonder if this is in any way related to the Australian Government deciding in 2015 to try to kill two million feral cats by 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-killing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-ki...
- yumraj 6y agoThat reminds me of CCP/Mao deciding to kill Sparrows to save grains, only to find that they eat insects which left unchecked led to much more damage. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign https://www.licas.news/2020/10/07/when-communist-china-waged-war-on-little-brown-birds/ https://www.licas.news/2020/10/07/when-communist-china-waged...
- chris1993 6y agoNo, they're trying to eliminate feral cats in the bush and outback areas where they are driving native animal populations to extinction. The mouse problem is in grain farming areas and is cyclical.