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Author:  packy [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
Associated PressTue Jan 22, 2013 10:47 AM


WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. But the environmental advocate has triggered a claws-out backlash with his new anti-feline campaign.

Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation’s unique bird species. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil’s horns. The opening line: “That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer.”

He doesn’t recommended people euthanize their current cats — “Not necessarily but that is an option” are the site’s exact words — but rather neuter them and not replace them when they die. Morgan, an economist and well-known businessman, also suggests people keep cats indoors and that local governments make registration mandatory.



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http://www.azcentral.com/news/free/2013 ... aland.html
Author:  Rumpole [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
thanks Packy

I was aware of this story... it was a hot topic on talk-back radio here yesterday.

IMO Gareth Morgan should be stripped of his Welsh Citizenship (if he still claims it).

He runs a financial investment company.. I am seriously hoping that the 48% of the population who own cats stop doing business with him, along with the rational part of the non-cat owning population.

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But many New Zealanders are against the campaign. Even on Morgan’s website, 70 percent on Tuesday were voting against making their current cat their last.

Morgan could not be reached on Tuesday.

And the science remains unclear. Some argue that cats may actually help native birds by reducing the population of rodents, which sometimes feed on bird eggs.

Morgan’s separate personal blog, in fact, has a separate campaign to raise $1 million to eradicate mice from the remote Antipodes Islands, where rodents are the only predators.

A 2011 survey by the New Zealand Companion Animal Council found that 48 percent of households in New Zealand owned at least one cat, a significantly higher rate than in other developed nations. The survey put the total cat population at 1.4 million.
Author:  packy [ Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
Had no idea how big an issue this has been. Keep the cats!
Author:  kjnelson [ Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/2 ... lp00000003


What a nasty thing! Get rid of the birds instead. :91
PLEASE don't euthanize them, bring them to me!!!!!!
Author:  Rumpole [ Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
I would Euthanise Gareth Morgan way before any cats.... There is public outrage here... he is clearly a loon.
Author:  kjnelson [ Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
In the midwest of South Dakota, USA there is open hunting season for mountain lions.
I think that is ludicrous.
Earth not big enough for man & beast anymore?
Author:  Rumpole [ Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
I can understand the NEED to control populations (humanely),,, feral cats can become a problem.. but there are people who catch and neuter and limit such populations.

This LOON is after people's pets.
Author:  kjnelson [ Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:36 pm ]
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Send the loon to America, someone will kill him in the shower or throw his body in the weeds. :94
Author:  packy [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Man aims to get rid of pet cats in New Zealand
kjnelson wrote:
In the midwest of South Dakota, USA there is open hunting season for mountain lions.
I think that is ludicrous.
Earth not big enough for man & beast anymore?



It is sad that there is not room for both man and beast anymore. I tend to think that however we living entities on this earth were created, someone forgot how to figure in a way for all to be harmonious. Or they didn't want to because it was all one big game maybe.

I'll probably go to hell for my disrespect. Haha
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