Jovial Monk wrote on May 13
th, 2022 at 10:21am:
The neutering is more like a vasectomy than a castration. It may be chemically done—I am not sure. Say a feral cat is trapped/neutered/released. It will continue to protect its territory so feral kittens cannot take it over. When a feral cat is shot kittens will move in, fight for the territory and one will take it over—they will breed faster than you can shoot them.
It would be irresponsible to release a feral cat into the wild only idiots would do it.
Quote:Australian wildlife 20 times more likely to encounter deadly feral cats than native predators
Researchers find invasive felines hunt with greater intensity, in broader environments and in greater numbers than equivalent native marsupial predator
Invasive cats, which kill billions of native animals each year, form a triple threat, the study finds, by hunting with greater intensity, in broader environments and in greater numbers than an equivalent native marsupial predator – the spotted-tailed quoll.
Feral cats have a devastating toll on Australia’s wildlife, killing an estimated 2bn animals every year and being implicated in at least 25 mammal extinctions and pressuring a further 124 threatened species.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/06/australian-wildlife-20-times... If you're setting traps you're required to check the trap every day which involves a massive amount of work.
You're not going to handle a feral cat they're wild animals they will attack you so they have to be sedated at even more expense before removing them from trap.
Shooting is more effective than trapping for some reason cats aren't attracted to baits with traps or 1080 poison they prefer their food fresh so they walk past traps to kill our native species.
Quote:The greens idiocy in banning hunting will cost the economy billions of dollars and achieve nothing with controlling invasive feral animals.
I guess idiots can’t grasp how the neutering would reduce cat numbers.
Shooting can’t make a dent in the feral cat population.