Shooting Cats: Australia's War On Feral Cats
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2018
- In Shooting Cats VICE set out to explore the consequences of Australia's feral cat plague, and confront the uncomfortable and violent realities of dealing with it. Most suburban Australians give feral cats little thought. But for residents of the country’s rural fringes, they’re a diabolical pest and scourge on wildlife. Found in 99 percent of Australia, they’re estimated to kill more than two million native animals a day. That devastation has seen Kangaroo Island local Barry Green declare a personal war against cats; trapping and skinning them, before turning them into hats and fridge magnets.
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" Well Nichole, they're eatin em, not screwin em to death". Best line of the video.
im dying
bluewater454 yes I was hurting my ribs laughing 😂
It is funny but so is the stupid comment suggesting tax money pay for spaying/nuetering feral animals that will still have to eat........... the native animals. This PC world has no common sense.
notsosilentmajority1 it’s actually not that dumb of an idea. I mean they just been shooting them and have gotten nothing done. Atleast you’d harm their numbers with every generation. Not a quick way of saving them but definitely would help over time.
@@ETFromAZ
Does anyone realize the cost of paying someone to catch them, then the cost of vets, cost of medication, anesthesia, fuel, supplies, keeping them in the facility and then paying someone to put them back in the wild???? That's a huge expense to do on a grand scale. Once in the wild they still are going to kill the native animals in order to eat. It changes nothing at all. That's why he said "they're eatin em, not screwin em to death". They will still kill the native whether they can reproduce or not. It's actually very simple. What the government needs to do is to put a "bounty" on each cat and pay people for each one they bring in. It's been done many times before and is still done in areas where there is this type of problem. When there are no natives left and only cats what will our future generations say about our inaction?
These people care about animals more than the people who “care about animals”
they get onto people for dealing with the problem, instead of the people causing it
those that "care" are just one of those animal snowflake that defends any feral aniamls because they got fooled by its cuteness, especislly those fools in any feral cat/bunny hunting videos
No they don't. They just like to play God, and they simply like one species more then another. There is precious little fact to the idea that cats cause irreparable damage. There is just one guesswork study done by a guy named Pete Marra.
@@martineshamzin7535 tell that to all the species that are extinct now because of feral cats!
Sure...
"If you crush a cockroach, you're a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you're a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria. --Friedrich Nietzsche
My sister lives in Oregon.
She says that years ago there used to be countless forest tree frogs where she lived. Several different species. They defined the entire nature of the place.
Now, the tree frogs are almost all gone.
Feral cats.
'Cute' obsessed society is making a choice, and it is the wrong choice. It is a catastrophe.
Cats are not an endangered species. Their victims are.
Extinction is forever.
wow tree frogs.. great... well it would be if the cats hadn't almost got them all... pity the conservationists would rather block traffic than get rid of cats i guess....
@@albertbresca8904 oh don't worry. They have amazing plans like: " capture and neuter the cats, then re release them. "
@@Mr_Fancypants lol... one problem in them breeding... bt the BIG one is they eat native wildlife...sigh
would you say....it was a "Cat-tastrophe"????
@@DS-lt7jw #ThatWasTheJoke
Cat man seems like an NPC that gives good quests.
lmao
All loot I'd cat related products hes made.
looks like someone from Fallout 5: Australia
🥈
He'd probably have u shoot cats
Australians
1932 : " Fookin Emu"
2018 : "Fookin Cat"
You don’t understand how hard I laughed at this 😭😭😭
2016: "Fookin bats"
@@pnutbuttababi24 that's 2020-21
what aussie pronounces fuck like a pome?
@@exudeku still? That sucks.
Why would anyone give this bloke death threats? He is doing the environment and the fauna a great service
Toxoplasmosis induced braindamage
Because the people giving him death threats are snowflakes butthurt at the idea of cats being killed
Misanthropes who have an unhealthy relationship with animals.
I think it's because he skins them, and has so many displays of skins and preserved cat remains in his home. It's clearly crossed a line, from culling humanely to preserve native species, to an unhealthy obsession.
Cull the animals and bury them. Don't make some sort of macabre display out of them. 🤔
There's more than one way to skin a cat
You really can see how humane these people are about it. They arent torturing them.
Remember how many people were horrified about how many animals were killed during the 2019/20 bush fires in Australia. Feral cats kill about the same number each year. I love cats, but they have no place in the Australian bush.
If the Liberal Goverment were extinct, there would be less ferral animals.
The problem will never be fixed as long as the people of Australia choose to have their firearms taken from them.
Keep in mind that cats don’t love you back - they are not capable.
That's true but how do you think they got out into the Bush. its the fault of the cat lovers.
Yeah but the fires killed a bunch of animals in a short while and they effected humans personally unlike cats.
"They're eating them, not screwing them to death" 😂😂
Word 😆
Is a pretty valid point lol
@@minischniers6535 - What's even dumber is that they want you to turn the animal loose after you catch and spay/neuter them. These PETA types are delusional morons! I live in North Carolina and every year I kill at least a dozen feral cats, and because I do, I now have cottontails, squirrels, and tons of native birds on my property; yet some of my neighbors who don't want cats killed, bitch and whine about the rabbit in the garden or the squirrel in the fruit tree and want them eradicated - these people need to be euthanized! They also put out bird feeders in their yard which makes it easier for their domestic feline to catch birds - I've been known to make those feeders disappear!
Funniest thing i've seen in a bit
@@Rattlerjake1 i do feel bad about all the barn swallows my barn cats kill but less bird shit on my tractor is nice
The old dude is a legend. Let’s just call him Cat thanos
I am a nature lover and a hunter and here in the USA we are having problems with many mammal, bird, fish, snake, and even plant species that are invasive and in one way or another are killing our native animals and even plants like kudzu. I fully support our friends down under in their threat from invasive ferral cats. Tony in Missouri
People blow the goldfish problem out of control. We have carp in our lakes. The only difference between common carp and goldfish are they are smaller and easier to see.
People who hunt and fish 9 out of 10 times know and care more about the environment than people who don't hunt or fish
I do not hunt, but most of my friends that do I have a deep respect for because of their true love of nature. Of course I know a couple of total turds who are into hunting strictly because they enjoy shooting animals and never seem to eat what they kill. They brag about their packed freezer, then throw it all out to make room for the next hunting trip. These are the guys that will laugh as they tell you about the bad shot that made the animal flop around in pain til it died.
I fish but i release them am not into hunting tho
Im not a God though are you a God? or are the hunters and fishers gods? to tell when this creature should live or die? Didn't they exist for a reason? Or should you annihilate them till Australia too realize the same mistake China did when they Annihilated all the common birds? Let me ask one more time are you a ignorant stupid human or a wise all knowing god? 😏😏😏
Edit: you got the answer use your brain don't be stubborn 😑
this comment should be on a t shirt
Completely true, although i would say its far more than 9 out of 10 when compared with all those who dont hunt/fish as thats most of the population, likely 99.9% of the hunters would know more than those who dont. Now if you tighten up the spectrum a bit and compare the knowledge of hunters/anglers to that of the highly outspoken anti-hunters, that's when you are probably looking at 90%, obviously favoring the hunters. Those outspoken anti-hunting lunatics typically know NOTHING about the environment and just repeat the crap they hear on their favorite social media pages, all in a pathetic attempt to pass it off as if they are well informed.
Is no one gonna talk about the kid and his pet sheep. Cutest thing ever
The flouncing and gentle head taps, Lacie is a darling!
Yes sheep. Hey has anyone else heard about this problem. If this is a problem in Australia still? I need to know.
@@CristianMartinez-zc3xu it definitely still is a problem
Maybe they should shoot ep on lacie and boy's ☺
@@azadi09 what
"The only good cat, is a dead cat". My grandfather, may he RIP. (He was a shooter and was referring to the feral cats of course).
You guys are doing a fantastic job. Native wildlife has got to be protected. We are having that problem over here in the states and we are doing something about it. Keep up the good work men.
We're not all doing something about it. I repeatedly get cat rescue solicitations that support trap-neuter-release which I don't support.
The problem with the feral cats is that you've got to kill them 9 times.
Lol
Hillarious
Because feral cats and to some extent domestic cats are the demise of several species of animal and birds which not a humorous subject! I personally shoot any cat on my property feral or the neighbors tabby it matters not to me! The blasted creatures how decimated my quail and pheasant populations as well as cotton tail rabbits and now they are going after the squirrels!
Hahahaha 9 bullets cost money !
Somebody should give you that treatment
"Well Nicole, they're eating up all the endangered species not screwin em to death" - Feral Cat Hunter
@Grant Stevenson you. are. gay.
@Grant Stevenson Virgin
Well Alfa..... Cats aren't doing that, Man is. you don't deserve all the glorious life you have !! All you do is kill...
@@fatooshtkd I honestly wish there was a way to preserve the endangered species without harming the feral cats living there. But there are none, and the only way to protect the endangered species is killing the non-endangered species. Sure, men many years ago have brought this creature to this place but we have to look at what’s important here. If they don’t do anything, species would go extinct and I can assure you nobody wants that.
That’s the funniest line I have heard in a long time.
We will never get rid of them. It’s a losing battle but honestly it’s the mentality of people who don’t want them culled that is a huge problem. I fully support the efforts of these men. Not enough humans are in touch with the natural world to do anything meaningful for it.
You are another person that sits on their brains, you totally don’t get it do you it,s not the bloody cats fault once again it,s the humans fault for not doing the right thing by their cats ,and I have no doubt that you people who praise the kind of butchery would probably do exactly the same as the scum bags that don’t get them neutered or dump them that’s the reality of all of this,then you get these big hero,s with a gun big strong hero,s to go out and shoot them (what laugh)
Send all the cats to the pretentious saints' homes, if they don't approve of the killing
This stupidity has nothing to do with the ecosystem. Cats were exterminated in the Middle Ages for religious reasons. It ended with a rodent invasion and rodent-borne human diseases. In Australia, the invasion of snake spiders and scorpions will end. Birds are disappearing and species are disappearing for environmental reasons, not cats
I love cats but this is needed and I agree with their actions
I wouldn’t say never
Cats exist on every continent and island. Cats are an extremely overabundant animal on this planet. We should not prioritize cats over endangered species!
In the US, people hear about hunting feral hogs and they think it sounds like a good time (it is) but as soon as you bring up feral dogs or feral cats, they lose it
That is much agree in Arizona feral dogs an coyotes are wrecking urban areas an fareal dogs are forming packs an is spiking in numbers the reservation is considering doing mass culling
The issue here isn't that we value feral dogs or cats over hogs. It's the fact we get ashamed of our own civilization being trash. We purposely abandon our pets because we're idiots here.
Hogs>Dogs and Cats. You can chase off a feral cat or kill it with a BB gun. Beat a feral dog to death with a rock or stick, but you need a gun to stand a chance against a hog. That or a spear.
@@grido1004 Lol coyotes are native to Arizona what are you on
Feral dogs at least are closely related to wolves which are native to the United States. Feral cats on the other hand are descended from wildcats, which are only really found in Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia. As a result the latter does a lot more damage to native ecosystems than the former.
Basically, the southern United States have a problem with feral hogs. This is the same thing just in Australia and with cats
OO we have a feral cat problem as well it alot bigger then you think ...
We shooting cats everyday here in America
Feral pigs are a huge problem here in Oz too.
Not just the Southern states anymore. I've heard it's in most states now. We have a huge problem with them in Calif. too.
THE PEDOPHILE EXPOSING BOUNTY HUNTER Mate, mate, they are not assault rifles they are modern sporting rifles.
I believe that people who hunt and fish usually have a real appreciation for the environment and the wildlife present. The difference i believe is those opposed to hunting and fishingbare usually opposed to the death of the individual, whereas the hunters are usually opposed to the death of the species.
I 100% support you and have the utmost respect for the Australian people.
I hope they are loving their mouse problem in Australia lok
@@jeanniesmith3356the reptiles take care of those.
Fuck all u murders. I hope u r ot in hell. It's humans that made these poor cats ferrel. U people r murderes . Who r u to decide who lives and who died
U r a murderer. No matter how u try to explain u r a murderer
@@Lisa-lz9qn good
one female cat can have multiple litters with multiple kittens each year, and unlike humans they dont go into menopause. They will keep having kittens until the day they die. I love cats, but i understand especially for rural settings having to cull them. When i was growing up in British Columbia feral cats rarely became a problem because there was plenty of animals that would use them as prey. Owls in particular seemed to kill them at a ridiculous rate.
not enough controls/predators for feral cats in aussie land, its even worse in places like hawai'i.
@jason jaks when the
when the animal lover think killing humans is better because "muh cutesy animals". Let's face it bro if this video was about some random lizard or insect you wouldn't fucking bat an eye lmao
@jason jaks You are absolutely clueless. You have no idea how much destruction feral cats do to our native wildlife. Give me our beautiful native marsupials any day over an introduced feral killer. You are an idiot.
You should look at how turkey treats their stray cats. This is so stupid how human trying to be playing as God.
@@darmawanhabibi6189 We have enough cats bruh, we don't need feral cats eating more native endangered species. Besides, with how much cats there are in the world culling a couple million of the cat population in Australia wouldn't meant shit.
My man is actually wearing a vest made out of cat faces. What a beast.
That's Nasty! LMAO!!!
Yeah, gee wonder what psychotic personality disorder this crazy has, he is the sort that shoot epa, and forestry guys like in qld.... better when all these angry buggers die.....old boy bullshit
Aaron nanyo human need to be controlling too cus we are too many and many animals lose their habititet cus of us so te if human didnt play god breed to many shit animal for ours amuse aus wouldnt have this problem
@@kingowallahi6632 You First Ask Kim Jong Un ,
@@kingowallahi6632 so you'll be first to volunteer for a culling?
My father had problems with raccoons. He was also thrifty, and had a well-equipped shop. He also over-built and over-engineered things. He built a large raccoon trap. Three nights later he found he had trapped two angry, hissing adults. Not wanting bit, and unable to lift his trap with two adults in it, he had to get his front-end loader to lift it into his pickup to relocate them.
Can totally relate, my grandfather used to do the same. He even had this giant metallic hand built slingshot that he would hunt eagles with. He would engineer all sorts of guillotines for buggers too
@@lupreztryson Love your sense of humor!!
Raccoons are overpopulated, Not endangered. Should be culled, Not relocated.
30 years I've had a healthy flock of quail that had been on my property and then my neighbor decided to be the crazy cat man. I've counted well over 30 when he feeds he lives 1/8th of a mile from me and his cats are always on my land and I haven't seen my quail in two years.
Imagine being a domestic cat and walking into the bathroom and seeing yourself as a toilet paper holder
.." Do Not Miss..the ...Litter Box Again "
Alas poor Yorich, i knew him, Horatio.
"Well Nicole, desexing them isn't going to save our native wildlife. We need to cull. They're killing them, not screwing them to death."
The most eloquent and Australian way to put it
Hawai'i needs to learn this!
anyone who thinks that de-sexing a cat is going to stop them killing our little natives is a blithering idiot.
Domestic cats that are let out at night also kill many little natives. I also trap them and shoot them.
Laughed so hard
ironic that it's the same for the native humans in aus. the aborigines need to cull the white invaders.
Cat man beats the cat lady 😂😂😂
🤣...🏆
I learned one thing after watching the whole video: The so-called cat or "animal" lovers who sends hate to these guys without knowing the context are *hyprocites*
I'm an animal lover, but I'm realistic about it. Turn your pet or livestock out into the wild and you are going to cause headaches for everyone. Part of being an animal lover is also loving the native wildlife and protecting it against domestics which have gone feral. The people in this video are on the pointy end of that stick, but those of us who really do care about animals should thank them, not chastise them. They are the ones who have to pick up after other peoples' mess, and the fact that they are doing it in the most humane ways possible with as little damage to other animals and the environment as possible is to be lauded. You are spot on in pointing out that people who call themselves animal lovers but hate these guys are hypocrites. True animal lovers need to focus their efforts on pet owners and livestock operators who fail to keep their animals confined. If your animal goes feral, then expect that it will not survive, and that if it does survive, it will cause untold damage.
Humans CAUSED the bad situation that now requires the killing. Nobody is doing GOOD here, it is ALL bad, very bad, a LOSE LOSE Deal.
Lesson learned... do better next time, .. don't cause such problems with animals.
This issue with invasive species has been their cry out slogan for years. You see them killing species who thrive. They're the hypocrites. What about farm animals, don't they destroy the land as well? All animals pose a threat if you cry out to the government and the world that they pose a threat to the ecosystem. Any animal who don't pose a direct threat to humans must be left alone. How sure are they that those said plant and animals species went extinct because of these so called invasive species? Just an excuse for their evil behavior. I doubt there is even that much feral cats because baby kittens are vulnerable at a young age. They die often in the wild. If you'd seen feral cats, they often have 1 or 2 surviving kittens that reach adulthood. Only in captivity or within a home can they raise more kittens that survive. I bet you there wasn't a threat to the ecosystem on the first place. Just Australians wanting to rage war against animals that don't favor them
@@KrustyKlown these people killing the cats are solving the problem, is that not good?
@@thedrone3377 but it is NOT all good, it's a problem that should never have been created... and killing them is a lazy ass solution devoid of empathy. Yes, they are solving a problem, but their actions are not good.
I need to borrow that man
You
yes, yes you do
I wonder what youre up to rn
What’s your next trap?
Lol
In response to the suggestion of desexing the feral cats "they are eating them not screwing them' is hilarious.
Feral and domestic cats that are allowed to roam outside are still a huge problem in the USA. A well fed cat still hunts and kills--it is just in their nature. Birds--especially natives like the Whip-poor-will that hides on the ground--are very vulnerable to cats. Estimates are over two billion native birds per year are killed by cats in the USA alone--not counting all the other challenges to native birds like habitat loss. I used to have barn cats on my farm, but they are all removed now. The wrens came here and nest safely now--we had none because they hunt low to the ground, hoping under brush to hunt for bugs--irresistible to a cat. The wrens took care of my cabbage worm problem--my crops look better. Now I have a healthy barred owl population hunting the mice at night. We actually have LESS mice now that I got rid of the cats. Indoor cats as pets are great, but they are not native to the ecosystem here.
the cats are having no affect on the population of pigeons, sparrows, doves, grackles, squirrels, rabbits, prairie dogs, rats and mice.
this debunks the notion that they pose a threat to "Songbirds"
and you cant have "less mice" when you get rid of cats. Maybe you think you do, but you dont. look up "Australia mice plague."
I ain’t reading all that lil bro
I 100% agree with the old fella, I dare anyone who thinks feral cats are like domestic cats to try and pat one.
I agree
Me too aggree
If you want to pat one, please use a hammer!
@Dino if you don't like Australia don't live here and take all the cats, feral and home cats with you
Well feral cats are pretty much domestic cats that became wild...So even if they’re all eradicated they would still be a fresh source of domesticated cats that would probably get abandoned or released into the wild and end up doing the same thing
The old man's house is a feral cat's worst nightmare
If there was a hell for cats, it would look like Cat Man's house.
It reminds me of Ed gein aka letherface
I hope he suffers the same fate
@@muezzathestray750 no
@@muezzathestray750 Yeah, how dare he protect the local ecosystem from invasive vermin!
i respect what this man does, as protecting the country and the wild life without no menace to destroy it.
but skinning them and making the cats as a decoration is a bit weird- but i can't say nothing about it. Since he's protecting something important for nature.
Just an old man alone doing old man alone things in the remote, let him be.
It breaks my heart knowing cats are getting culled, but I understand Australia being plagued by them and it's a necessary thing to keep your unique wildlife in one piece.
Why dont u start culling the humans that abandon them ,,
I think there are many of us who don't like killing, but as humans who caused this problem, we have an obligation to Earth to put it right. Our stupidity made this tragedy necessary.
@@Syulang-nt4kj Humans are also causing global warming which results in wild fires and the destruction that it in turn rains on the wildlife is many folds greater than cats would have done for the entirety of their lives. What solution do you have for this? Stopping global warming and putting an end to the forest fires would also in turn mean culling humans as well? I am not implying this I am just taking your logic a notch up if you truly care for the native wildlife.
@@SenseiYaga - I do support demographic degrowth for humans, democratically and voluntarily measures to stop our population growing and bringing it down to sustainable levels. So yes, it's something we need to do. And there's a lot more we need to do as well to protect our native wildlife, and culling feral cats, rabbits, foxes, brumbies, deer and cane toads are all part of that - as well as dismantling the fences that carve up the land and prevent our native predators (dingoes) from doing what they do best and helping us tackle this threat. Instead we persecute them. We also need to end native logging of our forests... this issue more than any other cuts into my heart... the destruction is off the scale and is *entirely* due to us. There is a lot to do, but these people culling the cats - they are 100% part of the front line effort and I respect that.
nuclear power
@@SenseiYaga
Typical. City folk imposing their values on rural folk even though they have no idea what life is like out here.
Love your profile pic! Is that an Iwo Jima homage?
Just like how in North America all the city people want to ban Coyote hunting... Let's see what they say after a pack of them mutilates their kids and pets...
not exactly the same ; coyote is a native animal to north america
@@morrisonreed1 it would feel the same when you find your mutilated animal or child.
@@PawPaws_Place there has been 2 fatal coyote attack in North America... settle down.
Last time Australia declared a war on an animal they lost.
Emu war reference?
OverSimplified
The government lost. When they began handing out rewards to local hunters for hunting emus, there was a major success in decreasing their numbers.
😂
That is false but ok.
Good work guys! I live in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, on a housing estate with farm fields and countryside from the top of my cul-de-sac, 220m away. I have badgers and hedgehogs visiting my garden regularly, and I spend on average £70 per month on wild bird seed. I have numerous cats coming in the garden overnight, and loose birds and nest to these pests (seen on my CCTV)
In the UK there's estimated to be 10 million ferral and domestic cats that are allowed to roam. It's estimated these cats kill on average 5 wild bird per week. We need cat control here.
kill all the cat and when the rat are coming back its the plague all over again
only 5? I think you might mean 500 or 5K?
Heading to Australia in may. I would love to lend a hand
Those against this simply do not understand what a cat infestation is like
Timothy Brinsmead right 100% but this goes for any infestation...rats, ants, lizards, birds, etc
@@AngelX2022 macaques too depending on where you live
Though... I still find that cat-man disturbing.
DatGameh disturbingly badass. He’s a man from a bygone word living in a modern mans world.
@@carsonhammond6204 theres many many...like that, in Australia..
I'm going to show this to my cat if he doesn't behave.
Mine is curled up on my lap.
@@dolphincliffs8864mines dead😄😀😅🥲😔
@@owenwright8952 Oop
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
This is why it's important to be a responsible pet owner. Honestly the same needs done everywhere and not just with cats. I absolutely love cats and dogs but there's way too many. I'm allergic to cats but I do have a dog and it saddens me knowing how many feral ones are out there and breeding out of control. I own 1 dog and first decision I made when I got him was to get him fixed and make sure he didn't help bring anymore dogs into the world.
this needs to be done to humans,,, over breeding,,, have caused more harm than all the animals,,,, animals dont kill for pleasure like humans do in wars,,,,,,,,
@@clodhopper946 Fr. I wonder how those hillbilly cracker folks would feel if native people of australia start to haunt them due to their massive population compared to native one
cats do. that's the problem we're discussing here. Many are well fed and kill anyway.@@clodhopper946
Please educate the US! We may be bigger, but there are A LOT of feral cats here too!
Having owned a dozen or so house cats over the years and growing up on a New England dairy farm I see the need for this. Cats breed fast and kill not only for food but also for sport. That is truth
i have a farm in rural America, our cats are a vital component here that perform an incredibly valuable service, they do an extraordinary job keeping rodent populations down, they are like any farm animal here, they get food, water, shelter and medical care. The Tom cat keeps all other cats well away from our farm and all female cats spend their days catching mice. Without them we would have to use pesticides in our grain silos and Americans don't like rat shit or poison in their serial
@@dirttdude its depend of the fauna, in australia most of native species are small/rodent type animals and birds, the main source of a feral or farm cat diet,
@@dirttdude in Australia they not only kill rodents, they kill any native they come across by the millions
@@aussie6639 name one
@@dirttdude bilbies, numbats, quokkas, quolls, bandicoots, parrots, lizards, frogs
Well Nicole , desexing feral cats is not going to save our native wildlife. We need a cull. They're eating them, not screwing them to death. This sentence is so EPIC, True & Australian.
Australia is a different story but they brought most of it on themselves, to many rabbits feed lots of cats and dogs, good lord they now have to many Camels. practically every animal that is causing a problem was brought there by someone. what about the native cockatoos, they are pets here ut they kill them in Australia because there are to many and they destroy crops.
@@eogg25 they did not bring it on themselves you dork...they killed off the rabbits with a virus..
@@jesussaves5710 Who introduced the rabbits and cats to Australia.
Let the Florida lads rape them
@@eogg25 The Poms. And we can't get rid of them either................
I live in the southeast U.S. and we have a serious feral hog problem, I believe what you're doing is the right thing, and I'd be proud to shake your hand and have a cold bottle with you, stay strong and God Bless. 👍
Can't get bacon out of a cat.
Roop298 no bacon on a feral hog either. They are too lean
Usually the people that say you shouldn't kill feral cats have mental issues and the ones that say "hope your family dies" should be jailed and have severe mental health issues so don't there discraceful comments get to you. It means nothing . You should be thanked and supported for helping save our native animals.
Cat Man: "Makes a cat toilet paper holder out of a cat"
Also Cat Man: Strange isn't it?
My favourite part of the whole video
I wanna ask him how many ways there is to skin a cat
@@jchase4657 pfft
I think it's a really good idea to use the animal skins rather than let it go to waste. The thing that made it weird for me was the fact that the lid was a head.
Kyran Barber 1000%
I love cats, but I absolutely agree with what they are doing. Native species need to be protected.
@dwone jones humans are also the reason you're here today. Stop being a bitchass and comparing humans with cats
@dwone jones you dumb idiot.
dwone jones actually yes, humans are responsible for introducing cats to Australia. I see these folks as correcting a mistake.
@dwone jones the go cull some humans
@dwone jones mwah mwaaaah mwaaaah.
Feral cats are open season where I live.
Cats are like devils with a cute candy wrap, and well, this time they're doing too much damage
Neutered feral cats still kill local wildlife in Florida.
We need more of this here in Florida. I try to do my part
What ''wildlife'' do cats kill?
@@incorectulpolitic most endemic birds, lizards, snakes, and small mammals - including flying squirrels - are fair game. A huge issue is that bites and scratches that don't immediately kill most wildlife will likely do so secondary to the penetrative trauma. And toxoplasma is no joke. If it's a mammal - arboreal, terrestrial or aquatic - or a bird, then they're susceptible with varying pathologies between them, or whichever animal eats those animals. And, if you're flushing the fecal material of an indoor cat that's shedding toxo, and if your waste-water reclamation system not equipped to handle toxo, it's going right into the ocean or dumping spot of choice - so whales, dolphins, manatees, porpoises, etc aren't safe either.
Edit: spelling, and I forgot to summarize: the things eating most of those insects are huge targets, since they either roost on the ground, or are easy pickings at night.
@@patrickriggs9813 please write an essay about humans impact on sealife
@@hmdismail when I'm finished, what would you like me to do with it?
Anyone who sends a threat is a coward. Especially when you are saving native wildlife. It's those type of people that caused the problem.
Cheers to that mate 🍻
Those who sent the threats have no ability to follow through anyway
@@bigsmall246 exactly the same kind of pink haired, hand wringing, basement dwellers, that threatened the judge in the Rittenhouse case.. wont do shit, but run that keyboard..
Karens basically
@@bigsmall246 they should be treated like they are 100% capable though. They should be charged.
I live in the US and every year city people would come out and dump their cat(s) at our farm. We figured that our barn could support three "ratters" through a winter, so we decided which three were going to survive (almost always the same three) and the remainder were popped in the noggin and tossed on the burn pile.
my grandma had a few cats she left us sending them your way pal
They are doing excellent work protecting Australian fauna and flora.
I live in the mountains of California and I have a neighbor who has cats that are half feral and multiply all over the place. All the neighbors keep telling him to keep them under control because they eat birds and other things, but he just lets the damn cats breed and multiply. Thankfully, coyotes take care of some of them and maybe mountain lions and bobcats as well. When he complains that a coyote ate one of his "kitties", I say, "Oh well."
Do your own documentary and post it on da tube.
I agree. Do a documentary I'd watch. I live in the buttes of cali, I know what you mean. Have a family that lives close to me who used to shoot cats. But they weren't right, they shot their pets at times. Distanced myself from them
I live in Southern California. I live in the suburbs but there are no feral cats here. There are no “outdoor” domestic cats either. There are only kids’ posters with a picture of a cat asking if you’ve seen “fluffy”. Why? Ask the coyotes.
@@winstonsmith313 This guy that I'm talking about lets his cats run in and out of his house through a slightly opened kitchen window, so they can seek safety from predators. Raccoons sometimes crawl through the window to get at the food he leaves around in his house. It's just ridiculous.
Bobcat breed with them not eat them get it right
Feral hogs are running rampant in the southern half of the US, we understand.
We can eat the feral hogs. Not sure about eating putty.
Cat is actually a really good meat it's kind of like wild rabbit
Hogs and snakes and we have our share of cats too. Piss me off when you get the idiots that say when we kill a feral hog cat or snake we should be arrested or fined but it's the same dummies that have let these animals go that's doing the damage. The feral dogs are getting to the point of being a problem too.
Were i live in the us hunting and eating feral hogs is the way of life growing up. We love cats but when its to much it needs to be addressed cause where i live there droppings end up in run offs then rivers and eventually affecting aquaculture So i understand.
I live in central Texas, trust me I understand.
The old dude with the cat covers and head trophy board is as nutty as a box of frogs.
I worked for the RSPCA and the ferals that came in were extremely scarey. I helped with the euthanising, I saw too many strays, surrenders and problem animals coming in all the time. I lived on a property and knowing what would happen to wildlife because of irresponsible pet owners ferals and especially introduced species gone feral do not have a place with our unique native wildlife.
I have a neighbor that has "adopted" several feral cats. I'm not a fan. They kill so many animals; lizards, birds, chipmunks, squirrrels, mice and rats. Most are a menace. I have no problem with what these people are doing.
you like mice and rats? well then may mice and rats infest your house.
are you from america?
@@bevs9995 feral cats dont live on mice or rats))) they mostly kill native birds and lizards. dont be naive.
Cats: We have 9 lives haha good luck trying to kill us
Guns: 900% bullet critical damage
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@@cantthinkofausernamelol328 what funny
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@@cantthinkofausernamelol328 as you know cat dead is not funny
For those who have a hard time understanding this, just picture this - in other continents, there are predators that hunt these feral cats (like owls as something said here), so their number will be under control; however, in isolated ecosystems, feral cats can easily become the top of the predatory pyramid, without anything to hold them back - which could be disastrous for native species. What these men and women are doing was just to act as a higher level of the ecosystem pyramid - that's just it.
For those who have a hard time understanding this, just picture this - there are 8 billions humans on earth, if we kill just half of them we wouldnt need to kill feral cats which would be even a more efficient solution
it probably ends up being more humane than if they were being eaten by predators
Ahh Australia the country that known for the dangerous, full of large and smart dangerous animals and even the war from emu, this is like a normal day for Australia
@@mahaphoublue7644 Dangerous animals that can prey on anything don't really matter. The point is how fast they can reproduce. Even rabbits, typically located at the bottom of the food chain, well ruined the ecosystem of Australia because their rate of reproduction overwhelmed those of their predators.
@@jimmy8360 Honestly I do believe they are Necessary in doing this as to many Beautiful species are in Australia, And the fact he isn’t just discarding the animals makes all the difference with How he handles them And No it doesn’t make me happy but at least it’s purpose in death fulfilled more.
Keep up the great work guys!
Here in Germany if a hunter sees a cat that is more than 200 meters (in some states 500 meters) away from housing, he is allowed to shoot it. Most people have no idea how many wild animals are killed by cats.
People saying this is cruel, as someone who lived in regional Australia for two years I can promise you one thing - these wild predators are absolutely nothing like your domesticated housecat. The lady at the start is correct - our poor native species do not stand a chance against feral cats.
@Grant Stevenson ok we'll start with you then we will think about our options
@Grant Stevenson the fuck are you talking about lol
@@wickedwastelander2410 He must be crazy lol
Dude they are the same size as cats here in the US. There are plenty of feral cats in the US. My cat is a outside/inside cat but boy could he hunt. I had a picture on my sidewalk my friend decided to gather all the dead birds in my yard and he spelled my name with the dead birds and took a picture of it. It ended up being 14 dead birds.
As much as I love cats, I do have to agree with this. I don't care if they would be like a cute housecat. The fact remains that cats are predators, and very good ones too. This can destroy entire ecosystems.
when I was a kid, I read the book the cat in the hat. I never saw the book the cat is a hat.
It's in Chinese.
It hasn't made its way to the United States yet.
Jeffrey Bird
Honestly though I think that eliminating feral cats is a good thing, but turning cats (Or any animal for that matter) into rugs is just wrong and humiliating for the animal in question.
@@leonardogomez8812 how so? Atleast making it into a rug or hat is utilising its life and therefore making it somewhat immortal
"Cat Is A Hat" is the bootleg version of the book. I saw someone selling a copy of that book in Taiwan the other day
Feral cats are a huge problem in the USA too, but no one gets it, it's like small tigers just hunting, and killing every small wild animal they get, people that own cats lets them outside because they could survive on their own, not realizing the nature they destroying.
I saw that Australia has an outdoor cat ban unless in an outside enclosure like a catio or have them walk on leashes cause otherwise they'd be shot on sight like these hunters will.. just sad seeing that their unique wildlife is being killed off.
Everyone wants to save endangered species until they have to do actual work.
Oh I understand now! satanists love to kill and TORTURE cats to death, it must be to save endangered species! Right Christian?
@@davidebernardo241 WTH was that???? Were you on drugs when you posted this??
@@IAmBuddythedecibwave hes talking about the satanic star in the profile pic I think..
Hilarious
@@mikerotch6733 I'm a member of the Satanic Temple and I live my life by the Seven Tenets. My religion demands that we strive to act within reason to be empathetic to all living creatures. We do not practice magic nor make "sacrifices".
Feral species like dogs, cats, and rabbits have really screwed with Australia's unique wildlife. It's really amazing there.
Maybe so, but humans caused that problem. Why not just kill all humans instead?
@@alwhyte6533 sure, why don't we start with you?
@@alwhyte6533 That wouldn't help the local wildlife as the cats will still screw over the ecosystem if we die.
But the feral cats are domestic cats, but escaped, that's all they are, it's no use pretending they are "different", they are THE SAME.
So, as long as people have domestic cats in Australia, even if you get rid of all feral cats, they soon will be replaced by new feral cats because of the source - domestic cats turned feral, you have to get rid of domestic cats completely from Australia and Tasmania, but you won't, you just have this half hearted attempt which doesn't solve the problem at all for the long term. What you have done is irreversibly damaged the biodiversity of Australia by repopulating the land with cats, dogs and rabbits that completely outcompete the indigenous species, it's good that you're trying to do something about it, but it will never be enough unless you remove them ALL. I'm sorry but that's just the harsh reality, we live in a fantasy world where people think they can have their cake and eat it, and it's always somebody else or some creature else, that pays.
It was when only the natives lived there
In the southeast of America we had a beautiful quail that is almost gone because of feral and domesticated cats.
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
@Not Berber humans killed babies too dumbass
@Not Berber lets kill every carnivore on mother earth apparently that'll fix the problem
we kill lambs and calves all the time, Cats have their place, just not in the australian bush and other places where they are not native which is most places. these blokes and sheilas would not have to do what they do if people where responsible with their animals I do not understand why they get so much hate for doing a vital job.
No one gives a shit about culling feral pigs usually, or factory farming em and other animals, but shoot feral dogs or cats and people lose their shit. People eat dogs, people lose their shit, its all emotion and no logic.
@Not Berber says the man who wants to wipe out a species because he hates them. Even the old man who traps and kills cats does not hate them. wolves kill baby animals all the time, so do humans, humans kill for sport as well. I have seen dogs kill things and not eat them as well. Like I said cats like any animal have their place, its people taking them and letting them breed go feral in places that do not belong which is the problem. I am all for wiping out feral cats in places they do not belong, but not wiping out the entire species.
I own cats and I completely understand that this must be done if they’re harming the ecosystem. I see no problem if they’re being killed humanely. Edit: (Nigga the shits are feral and they’re harming the environment im tired of getting notifications about this shit)
@@milesengstrom406 There’s an argument to be made there, and if tomorrow I see a cat sit down and discuss the morality of a humanoid culling, I’ll consider it
@@milesengstrom406 no one is saying humans are not the cause. Cats are feral because of us. And we have to correct for our actions. These include all other conservation efforts which include eradicating invasive species. Not killing invasive cats causes more harm.
@@milesengstrom406 not apple to apple comparison but yea, i support nuking every single human on earth 😂
@@milesengstrom406 my dude really be out here comparing human lives to a feral cat
@@milesengstrom406 one word covid
When Garfield steals your lasagna
Keep up the good work. 9 May 2012 I travelled solo the Hay River Trk, Simpson dessert, Northern Territory, Australia. Google Earth now calls it the Marshall Rvr. The terrain changes from desert(camps0[Batton Hill 23° 1'42.22"S 136°52'8.01"E] and camp1), lush bush where the seasonal river fans out and disappears into the desert(camp2), to sand hills(camp3) through to Poeppel Corner(camp4). In the morning of camp2 I heard a cat fight. In this lush bush it did occur to me how quite the birds were in the morning but I had nothing to compare it with. It wasn't till I woke up on camp4 that I realized how many birds were around waterless Poeppels Corner(typically dry salt lakes). Camp4 is protected by about 200Km of sandy desert, and no water, from camp2. There should be a bounty on any loose cat.
People who don't understand this problem would probably rather see wildlife go extinct whilst they think of a more humane way to stop the feral cats
abcelu what’s wrong with having more cats and less birds? Times are changing mate
@@gwitaz5407 So sacrifice biodiversity for a bunch of invasive cats?
sn1ps "yeah id rather kill off hundreds of species as long as we dont kill my wuggly fur babies. I am the humane person here"
Those people have never come across feral cats. They're big, aggressive and full of disease.
Linkrock1234 exactly
It’s the same way in the Florida Everglades with unwanted pet pythons, they’re eating everything.
Oh god! Really? Just made me hug my pups a bit tighter!
How about banning pythons as pets entirely.
@@nil981 yeah, and let's ban drugs.
@@nil981 Florida is one of the few states that allow private ownership of exotic animals. I'm a native and I'm against it. Just look at...everywhere an invasive species has been introduced.
Patrick Milewski exactly people don’t need snakes that can kill their kids or the neighbors kids as pets, same with exotic fish now showing up in non native places
Keep up the good work chaps & gals. Ignore the ignorant protesters. Hope the Government is helping you financially. 👍🏻
Thank you. You have made my day. I love this:)
"If my son who is 11 and autistic, can understand that, why can't a 30 something year old adult?" - sick burn, but the reason is they have been raised on disney films and their parents took no time to raise them and show them any 'natural world' programs, else they would understand the idea of conserving the native species over invading ones.
Disney films have definitely affected how people view animals.
@@liammeech3702 It's not that we love animals, it's that we hate humans.
@@liammeech3702 Not just Disney, it's the general concept of anthropomorphising animals.
@@liammeech3702 so what ur saying is this is wrong... just imagine if we never killed these cats just imagine hundreds of them just all over it really ain't good
@@_HowlGamer_ what I'm. Saying is, people look at animals and see human beings... For some people culling is basically as bad as human genocide.
I'm not one of those people, these are no domestics cats and should be treated as pests
As much as I don’t like seeing animals die, I can understand why they do this. While this makes me sad, the thought of loosing so many cool species makes me sadder :/
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@@DTJ2024 Win
Cat's nowdays are mostly useless, they let Rat get fertilized and fat
And make disastrous to Civilization!
A million dead cats to save a species from going extinct even though they will anyway. Cats will outlast humans and kill all the stupid birds anyway lol
@@DTJ2024
Its amazing how many people get that word wrong, is it lack of education or lazy texting.
Also defiantly for definitely is another.
❤ thank you for saving our natives. Keep up the good work.
1. They are hunting invasive and destructful species.
2. It's a clean effective method used.
3. It tends to be city folk with nothing to do with the countryside who complain
4. The complainers don't have to deal with the carnage.
5. Even domestic cats are causing a great deal of destruction to small animals and birds.
6. Let them get on with it.
They are doing a Hunters job. Taking Care of the Fauna. in germany they are huntig ferrals to because the nativ species are disapearing. i have cats to but totaly understand these mates
Well, at some point, humans should stop introducing invasive species to foreign land then. I mean, how many times does it have to happen, before the lightbulb goes off?! This is an issue in all different parts of the world, yet the same mistake keeps being made.
The problem is lack of predators though. Overhunting your predators is the problem. House pets are not an invasive species........they should have thousands of predators. is everyone just blatantly retarded here?
Also I hate to break it to you guys but, in order to solve that cat crisis you would need thousands of paid hunters, hunting them 24/7 for the next 14-20 years possibly forever. Humans forget how much work animals put into keeping the ecosystem balanced, its literally a full time job that never ends even during rest it never ends. Fix your dumbass ecology and you won't need humans at all.
@@googleanti-speech7618 mr.keyboard warrior. The problem is there are no predators and introducing new predators only increase the problem.
@@googleanti-speech7618 cats are top predator, they are top notch born as top pyramid, you need to educate your knowledge first. cat are very very hard to kill by other animals, bringing predator will instead of killing cats, it will further down the diversity. lol.
Feral cats will always be there as long as Australia still have cats domesticated and not regulated, dog and rabbit also destroy australia ecosystem but not as bad as cat.
It makes no sense neutering and releasing feral cats they still eat wildlife
it does to crazy cat people infected with toxoplasma parasites
Scott Zipperer kill them all I say...they serve no purpose in life.
@Howard Pearcey They are being exterminated because they eat your native animals, and you want to release them back into your environment? You're not too bright are you? Don't worry ... there will still be a ton of them left over to kill what's left of your bird and small mammal population. Then you will only have feral cats ... until they start eating each other, plus your family pet. Good luck with that!
It always amazes me when certain "animal lovers" can not comprehend the fact that certain animals shouldn't be in certain parts of the world, and wreck havoc on the other animals natural environment. Here in florida hogs tear up natural vegetation before it can reproduce again, in other parts coyotes harm people's livestock's and or families pets. Sure it's a man made problem, but how can they be angry at the people trying to fix the problem and trying to return the natural habitat back to nature ?
@Happy McJoyjoy Actually true, but still causes damage until deceased. And costs time/money to pull that off. A few cents for a .22LR, and done with the problem, permanently.
I do get what you're saying, but I'd rather see eradication outright. I live in Oregon, we were starting to see the same feral hog issues other States are fighting. My State classified them as non-protected species, available to hunt/kill all year long. The promise of good food and a healthy hunter population has led to an effectively nil population of feral hogs. However, I can see feral cats not being particularly attractive for filling the freezer, which makes them less attractive.
wish I could help more. done some square ups around the Nat park I lived next to. appointment when I moved. keep it up bloke good work.
Good on you for this work. It is about the long term interests of the Australian environment. If people are focused on the rights of the individual animal (cat), that condemns our native animals that are being predated constantly.
These folks are more humane then PETA...
So true, PETA is just a disgrace.
Captain Cook Marxism has nothing to do with it they just claim to be Marxist but really their fascists
their the same!.
200.000$ for the head of a PETA director
How disgusting they are, they skinn off this cats .Its unnessesary
I had a talking parrot when I was a minor. Me and my siblings loved playing with him. We used to feed him everyday with our hands and most of the time we used to keep him out of his cage. He used to roam and fly inside or around the house freely during day time and always came back after a little while but one afternoon he didn't return after several hours so we started to look for him but couldn't find him first but then I suddenly came across a feral cat and it had my parrot in its jaws. I can't describe what I felt at that moment. I understand and appreciate what they're doing.
😟😭🦜
Me too bro I can feel your pain some cats are constantly attacking my parrot! And it feels terrible because my mother doesn't even allows me to beat them because she is a cat lover.
@@Seoyeaji921 poison that cat , I did that to my neighbor car when the stupid fricking cat kept harassing my horses and cows , I jus took a mix of rat poison and anti freeze , the cat ate the rat poison and got super sick and then I got a needle and stabbed it with anti freeze , done deal
Food chain tho
@@jugz9130 Dam!
Live in the Boonies in an old farm house with the barn across the road. People looking for a place to “let their cats free” drop them off here often.
I have seen three here more recently.
Do hunting these animals enough to gain a living? Nothing fancy just some food and some bullets.
I'm sad about all that beautiful native species goes extinct from ferals.
Might just leave my job to hunt full time in the outbacks.
I'm searching in comments for guys who is angry at killing feral cats.
It must be some extreme vegans or other group, no sensible person would defend this
We have the same idea I see
Hear hear
I am
Just look at the replies you’ll see hundreds of them
I always get upset when people get feral and stray cats mixed up. A stray is able to be taken into a home while a feral is wild and cannot be
@Nick S for most of the ones from places I grew up in were either disease ridden or badly deformed from inbreeding. There was a point where at a campsite my family went to that the vets just ended up telling my grandfather and great uncle that it would be more humane and save money to just shoot the ferals they were catching.
@Nick S and you’re right
Once your cat leaves your yard it's considered feral whether you like it or not.
Wut? A feral cat is a STRAY cat.
@Nick S I trapped 8 cats for the County I live in and all 8 were deemed to be too wild to tame.
As a cat lover and adopter/rehabilitation of feral cats, this is a very necessary action for feral cats outside urban areas. Cats are indiscriminate killers and eat very little of what they kill. This is a good thing in cities where cats control rat and mice populations and are spayed/neutered.
There’s no comparison between a pet feline & a wild predator.
Natural native species of birds and reptiles including mammals like Koalas are decimated by peoples pet’s let alone that of the feral varieties impact
He went John wick on them cats because they killed his possum. Respect
Fuck that possum
😂🤣 John Wick.....you working again John?!
Best comment on this thread.
Carl Locke lol
Lol good one
Here in Texas there are places where feral cats have taken out almost all the entire native quail and dove populations. In Australia, cats have no predator to challenge their place. At least here in the US there are some predators that can challenge the feral cat. Everybody please take care of your pets. Stay safe and healthy everybody.
Uhhh, thank God for coyotes. LOL.
Dude...Australia has some of the most and craziest predators in the world. Did everyone forget how many things can kill you there? lol.
@@reconnoise Yes Australia has fuck ton of predators but none of those are the type that will kill a cat, North America has a lot of bigger native felines and canines that will hunt cats, Australia has the Dingo and that's it, Crocodiles don't actively hunt cats, so here in Noth Aamerica we don't have a big problem with Feral Cats because we have Ocelots, Bobcats, Linxes, Coyotes, Wolfs, Mountain Lions, that will actively hunt feral cats, also our native especies had been interacting with felines for hundresd of years the have adepted to them and developed technoc to evade them,, Autralia never had felines until the Europeans introduce them so no native especies is adapted to evade felines.
Just raise pitbulls and leave them on cats. They would ensure a good population control on these vermins.
Here in the south central US, feral hogs are a devastating problem for crops and the landscape in general. However, I am not aware that they are a threat to native species the way Burmese pythons are in the Everglades of Florida.