New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity.
Speaking to Radio New Zealand on Thursday, conservation minister Tama Potaka said that feral cats are “stone cold killers” and would be added to the country’s Predator Free 2050 list, which aims to eradicate those animals that have a negative impact on species such as birds, bats, lizards and insects.
Cats had previously been excluded from the list, which includes species such as stoats, ferrets, weasels, rats and possums, but Potaka used the interview to announce a U-turn.
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Hexbears are in control
Trust the plan
HEXBEAR. DO NOT EVEN
rare new zealand W
Not rare in this area. New Zealand is one of the only countries that takes native species conservation and invasive species control seriously.
New Zealand is committing cat genocide. Why? I believe the answer is clear when you consider people’s reactions towards cats. Cats are widely considered to be some of the cutest animals, which should not be harmed in any way. If they were to be harmed, much less genocided, the entire world would be up in arms against this. This would be the perfect cover-up for worse crimes, such as white genocide in South Africa, in which New Zealand is complicit. By genociding cats, or even just threatening to, they are in reality announcing their intention to double-down in their efforts to eradicate the white population of South Africa. More than ever, it is important to go against the mainstream narrative and call these crimes out for what they are.
incomingi thought we reached consensus on this one
really we should be relitigating every struggle session every 2 years just in case original participants leave/new users arrive in such numbers to shift any consensus that was reached in the past
So basically like whenever someone here brings up astrology.
I assume the Hexbear take is, “Religion is the opiate of the masses, but what’s a little opium among friends?”
The actual take this place keeps coming up with is “Astrology is evil, the catholic church is good”.
Idk where anyone else is at but give me a millennium of astrology over whatever those 4 letter corporate memphis personality type oh yeah “meyers-briggs” jfc at least woo-woo stuff has soul and mystery baked in
I don’t know about most “astrologers” but me and some of my friends are into astrology and we are very aware that it’s not real or serious, if you have this mindset then it’s literally just harmless fun.
their accounts may be banned but their struggle lives on!
NEW ZEALAND IS COMMUNIST??
Only gonna take them a quarter century tho lol
Is it possible to eliminate the population over time via spay/neuter methods or is that not viable in NZ’s case?
CW: harm to animals
Sadly no, there’s really no humane solution that can outpace their population growth. Unfortunately culling is the lesser of two evils, cats are apex predators in these environments and they’re a significant contributor to the extinction of native fauna. It should have been a priority a long time ago.
It’s horrible. It isn’t even practical to shoot them so they get baited and (IMO) we don’t even have a good solution for baiting them since the agent most commonly used also kills other (native) mammals and dissolves into waterways very easily. Plus it’s a really unpleasant death.
I’m surprised there isn’t a viral option like there has been for feral rabbits, but I guess that was a pretty miserable death too.
I’m surprised there isn’t a viral option
Release the Bird Flu it’ll be fine I promise
Just need to introduce dogs as a predator to the cats
But then the feral dog packs will grow even more powerful.
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I mean its worth a shot right, what could even go wrong.
other (native) mammals
Which are 3 species of bats, 1 of which has not had a confirmed sighting since 1960’s!
Learned this like 2 days ago, odd that it became relevant on HB. And they said pub trivia nights are a waste of time and money
Too much cost/not enough scale. And it would be hard to get all of them. Also, as mentioned in the article, if they are left alive they kill native wildlife, so they really shouldn’t be left alive.
what if they trap them all and uhhhh put them on some island somewhere and that’s the cats’ island now
They can have Epstein’s old joint.
Good news! Cat Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfuB8Xjhc4
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I think the ecological damage resulting from doing that would outweigh any moral benefits of not just killing them.
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Dumping all the feral cats in New Zealand into Curtis Sliwa’s apartment while he’s not home
how do they feel about stacking rocks?
wish Hawai’i would do this
Good onya cuzzos.
I wonder what sort of hellish provisions the current government will make to facilitate this.
AI-powered drones armed with cat-seeking missiles
I was thinking “have it it boys! kill as many as you like, no questions asked” possibly with a new tourism campaign to appeal to sicko trophy hunters.
But I suppose in the interest of a finding a nice healthy efficient market solution they are obliged to entertain submissions from the MIC.
Come for the mountain air, stay for the catterole.
the only reason I’m letting this neighborhood cat stay outside is because I guess she’s one of my neighbor’s cats or something, idk, but she’s started coming up to my porch to be petted and beg for food
she’s super cute and she does the same little trilling chirrup sounds my brother’s cat does when she’s getting petted
