And another petition request:
TOO MANY FERAL CATS IN VICTORIA
Cats are already a major problem in our Park, and as there is growing success in limiting fox numbers, feral cats may become even more of a threat. Halls Gap is supposed to be “cat free” but cats and kittens are continually being seen. And there aren’t restrictions on cat ownership in the other local townships. We received an email highlighting the problem of the many stray and unwanted cats in our community and asking our support for a petition for compulsory desexing of all cats over the age of 12 weeks.
The effects that feral and domestic cats have on our natural wildlife is immense as you know, it is estimated that 96 million birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates are killed by domestic cats alone and that is why I am hoping your group will get behind this petition.
In Victoria alone, 53,000 cats are received by shelters each year, of whom 35,000 are destroyed. This figure has remained constant for over 10 years.
Victorian shelters have joined together with the sole aim of achieving mandatory desexing of cats, in order to reduce cat overpopulation and stop the heartbreaking destruction of so many cats each year. the Victorian Government has already received 60,000 signatures for compulsory desexing of all cats over the age of twelve weeks which would be the solution of the tragic cat overpopulation problem.
For more information and for copies of the petition see www.catcrisis.com/
or phone (03) 9434-7155 or 9434-7255