Something for Gareth Morgan to pour his money into
Gareth Morgan has clearly given up on saving penguins. He is intent on spending money on killing cats.
I have found a great investment for him and his Kiwisaver account to invest in:
Feral Cats
Is Gareth Morgan attempting to look crazier than Wellington’s Mayor?
From first appearances it likes Gareth Morgan is running for Wellington mayor on a platform of “Celia isn’t crazy enough for me” and attacks the SPCA again.
Isn’t it amazing that when local body elections come about all the crazies come out to play:
To deliver on the vision of a predator free New Zealand and a renewal of our native wildlife, let’s start right here in Wellington, by building on the halo created by our own sanctuary Zealandia. This is the challenge Gareth Morgan is setting our city, particularly the citizens of Karori.
Morgan is holding a public meeting in Karori at Allen Ward Hall, Donald St on Wednesday 20 February at 7pm to challenge Karori to become the first ‘confined cat only’ suburb. “This is not just about conservation and saving native species,” Morgan said. “It is about cashing in on our natural capital, making New Zealand a unique, world class place to visit and live in. We can start right here in Karori – Zealandia has already done the hard work, now the rest of us need to step up. As far as I am concerned a confined cat is a pet, all others are pests.” Read more »
The deadly cuddly kitty
Gareth Morgan may be onto something as more evidence emerges of those natural born killers called cats:
For all the adorable images of cats that play the piano, flush the toilet, mew melodiously and find their way back home over hundreds of miles, scientists have identified a shocking new truth: cats are far deadlier than anyone realized.
In a report that scaled up local surveys and pilot studies to national dimensions, scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats in the United States — both the pet Fluffies that spend part of the day outdoors and the unnamed strays and ferals that never leave it — kill a median of 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals a year, most of them native mammals like shrews, chipmunks and voles rather than introduced pests like the Norway rat. Read more »
Cashing in on Gareth’s promise
More readers have sent in photos of their efforts to assist Gareth Morgan in his quest for a cat free New Zealand. Looks like we have earned a fair bit. Here is another $5.00.
Here is the full gallery of cats sent in so far: Read more »
Some More Cats for Gareth – tasteful this time
Another reader submit…this time some domestic cats in a tasteful burial scenario.
The Whale army are doing their bit for Gareth Morgan’s Cat-pocalypse:
An email from a Reader: Gareth Morgan goes Dalek on moggies
A reader emails about Gareth Morgan:
Is Gareth Morgan turning into a Dalek given his call to ‘exterminate’ all moggies?
Given the grand job Gareth is doing at Phoenix FC, if i were a cat, i’d be all a quiver.
When it comes to extermination, Gareth Morgan seems to have fattened up that penguin as an entrée for a lucky orca or a great white shark. Yet while cats are a walking meowing killing machine, local ecologist, John Flux, studied his own cat for 17 years and found out that native birds were in fact, the winners. Read more »
Cats for Gareth: A Slideshow
The Whale Army has been busy submitting photos of feral cats they have shot. Here is a gallery for your viewing pleasure.
Iron them out
The cats of Masterton are still causing problems. I have discussed how these cats can be sorted out:
Councillor Judith Callaghan said strays also hung around Wairarapa Hospital and the Horseshoe Tavern.
“These cats are a problem, they are all over town,” she said.
“Out in the country we lead poison them but it would be difficult shooting them in Queen Elizabeth Park.”
Perhaps they could whistle them in?
How to put a trapped cat in a sack
Following yesterdays post I want to help people who need to dispose of feral cats.
How do you get the bloody hissing, biting, scratching things into the sack Euan?
I dont want to get any closer to those things than a shotgun blast!!
The best bet is to trap them using a cage trap. You can go up market and get one of these, including the cat handling tool.
Or you can go down market and just use a possum trap. You need to put it in a sack so the cat doesn’t stick its paws through the back of the trap to get the bait. Rabbit guts in a old stocking is a good bait. Stick it out over night.
In the morning you will have a seriously pissed off cat in the trap. Remove the sack from the cage, reverse it, and hold the cage upside down and pour the cat into the sack. Then dispose by adding a brick and water, attaching to a car exhaust or whacking it against a tree.
