November 16, 2009Comments are closed.cats
When the Queensland Goverment’s feral pest researchers studied feral cats and…
…as part of the research some feral cats were collected and their stomach contents examined.
They found;
“One cat had 25 undigested mice – all killed and eaten on the one night.
“At the time there was an abundance of mice in the area and it might seem like the feral cats were doing a good job in controlling them.
It was obvious to them what they had to do.
Kill the cats.
Because, the boffins theorised;
“… mice numbers fluctuate and when numbers are low feral cats turn that same appetite onto native animals.
So even when their own study shows that feral cats are full of feral mice and not native animals, these scientists have concluded; better kill the cats… you know, just in case.
It must be nice to be a Biosecurity Queensland researcher; if your data supports your theory, you’re right. If you data is not what you hoped, you can just theorise the results away and you’re still right. Lovely.
The rest of the article is junk science (one of their researchers saying he’s definitely seen cats who have eaten wildlife, but no actual figures), the usual cat owner beat up and a thinly veiled threat to TNR supporters, who’d better look out because it’s illegal.
Gimme a B!
Gimme an IAS!
Whats that spell?
Queensland cat control ‘science’.
