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Originally posted by bigboab@14 November 2003 - 07:06
Oh! Oh! I am getting out of here. There is nothing more ferocious thatn a young female cat fighting back.
Where are you now BD? B)He's waiting for a hug from you.
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Originally posted by AussieSheila+13 November 2003 - 21:19--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AussieSheila @ 13 November 2003 - 21:19)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-bigboab@14 November 2003 - 07:06
Oh! Oh! I am getting out of here. There is nothing more ferocious thatn a young female cat fighting back.
Where are you now BD? B)
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=81382 [/b][/quote]
I will give hime one after he gets one from JP.
The best way to keep a secret:- Tell everyone not to tell anyone.
I will give hime one after he gets one from JP. [/b][/quote]Originally posted by bigboab+13 November 2003 - 21:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bigboab @ 13 November 2003 - 21:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by AussieSheila@13 November 2003 - 21:19
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Oh! Oh! I am getting out of here. There is nothing more ferocious thatn a young female cat fighting back.
Where are you now BD? B)
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Did you hear that Satan was recently spotted buying a snowplough?
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Quick on the uptake Liam. No wonder you are a Moderator.
The best way to keep a secret:- Tell everyone not to tell anyone.
You just have to spend a lot of money on it, it will take years, but you have to do it, otherwise you can consider yourselves as barbarians.Originally posted by Billy_Dean@13 November 2003 - 08:00
What's all this castration crap? How do you castrate 18 million cats in an area 32 times bigger than England? What's needed is a disease that renders them infirtile, a sort of chemical castration.
And all you pricks that want to attack me personally, do your worst, I'm obviously more of a man than you pile of wankers put together.
Nothing is easy.
Did you hear that Satan was recently spotted buying a snowplough?[/b][/quote]Originally posted by Lamsey+14 November 2003 - 07:25--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lamsey @ 14 November 2003 - 07:25)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by bigboab@13 November 2003 - 21:23
Originally posted by AussieSheila@13 November 2003 - 21:19
<!--QuoteBegin-bigboab@14 November 2003 - 07:06
Oh! Oh! I am getting out of here. There is nothing more ferocious thatn a young female cat fighting back.
Where are you now BD? B)
I will give hime one after he gets one from JP.
I don't think you are being at all fair to JP***, we are both adults who sometimes act like kids, nothing wrong with that, is there?
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FERAL CATS
Determining the impact of feral cats on native wildlife on the Australian mainland is more difficult than on the islands. It is complicated by other factors such as introduced herbivores like rabbits competing with native animals for food and shelter, and habitat loss caused by clearing, grazing animals and urban development.
However, there are instances where feral cats have directly threatened the successful recovery of endangered species. For example, feral cats killed many of the captive bred Malas (or Rufous Hare-wallabies) that were released in the Tanami Desert of the Northern Territory during 1990 and 1991. It was also found that a single feral cat was responsible for reducing the numbers of rock wallabies in an isolated colony in tropical Queensland.
CONTROL
Feral cats have been eradicated from a number of offshore islands using conventional control techniques, but the story on the mainland is a much more complex one. The current methods used to control feral cats are labour intensive, as feral cats can be quite trap shy, do not take baits readily and generally avoid human contact, making them difficult to shoot. Even if an area is treated, it is quickly recolonised by either the offspring of feral populations, or by recruits from urban areas.
Barrier fencing has proved to be the most effective current control technique for feral cats. Unfortunately, the high cost of fencing makes this technique useful only for small areas of land. The fences also need regular maintenance to stop cats getting through into the enclosure.
Eradication of feral cats is well beyond the capacity of available techniques and resources because the species is so well established across such a vast area. In contrast, eradication of a population of feral cats from an island may be feasible provided a persistent campaign can be mounted (Veitch 1985).
ABORIGINAL EXPERTISE
Indigenous Australians are able to offer unique skills in the management of natural areas, particularly in central and northern Australia where traditional skills are still taught and Aboriginal culture is less affected than in southern and eastern Australia. Aboriginal people are able to interpret the landscape and give insights into the natural history of certain species. In particular, some people are able to track individual animals. By employing such skilled people, problem predators can be tracked, resulting in the animals’ capture or destruction.
Tracking is a labour intensive technique but the time and expense may be offset by the benefit in being able to remove particular problem animals from the predator population. By selectively removing a few individual cats, such as large, experienced males specialising in hunting particular rare species, the primary agents of damage may be eliminated allowing wildlife colonies to survive even though there are other feral cats around (Gibson et. al. 1994).
FERTILITY CONTROL
Substantial efforts are being made at the Vertebrate Biocontrol Co-operative Research Centre to develop immunocontraceptive vaccines for several vertebrate pests, particularly foxes, rabbits and mice. This is a high cost/high risk venture and it would be inappropriate to expand the program to include work on cats at this time. If this venture is successful, it may be possible to apply the techniques to develop such a vaccine for feral cats. Currently there are no effective chemical sterilants which produce permanent sterility in cats (Moodie 1995).
A major benefit of the development of immunocontraceptive techniques is that they are humane. Broadscale control of cats using an immunocontraceptive vaccine, if one were developed, would be dependent upon the development of a suitable delivery mechanism for the vaccine and appropriate approvals to release the vaccine into the wild.
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You wanna know what i think ??
no.Originally posted by neattairoski@15 November 2003 - 00:01
You wanna know what i think ??
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
Thousands of years ago the island continent of Australia separated from the super continent of Gondwana. So its animals evolved in isolation from the rest of the world into a unique and wonderful fauna. Sadly, since the arrival of white men, only 200 years ago many animals are now extinct or endangered.
The more we understand about Australian Wildlife and the threats to their survival, the greater the chance of saving the remaining species.
Bandicoots
Long Nosed Bandicoot - Perameles nasuta
Southern Brown Bandicoot -Isodon obesulus
Brown Bandicoot - Isodon macrourus
Status:
Common to scarce in some areas due to habitat destruction and predation by domestic animals.
Schedule 12 animal, report location to NPWS. Southern Brown Bandicoot is classified as Endangered.
Threats:
Key factors in the decline of the Southern brown bandicoot include feral carnivores (cats and foxes), habitat loss and road kill.
Bilby
Greater Bilby - Macrotis lagotis
Status:
Greater Bilby is vulnerable, the Lesser Bilby is probably extinct.
The bilby is one of Australia’s most beautiful and graceful native animals.
Description:
The bilby has long rabbit like ears. Their ears have a plentiful blood supply which helps its body get rid of heat. The bilby's hair is long, soft and silky and its black and white tail is carried out like a banner. They sleep sitting back upon their tails with their heads tucked down between their fore paws and ears folded forward along their face. Bilbies are variable in size, some are as big as a cat.
Breeding:
Bilbies have two to three young reared in a backward opening pouch.
Diet:
Insects, seeds, fruit and fungi.
Habitat:
The Greater Bilby lives in dry, hot areas. It digs a burrow up to three metres long where it shelters from the heat by day emerging to feed at night.
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