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Michael Romanos · 09-23-2006, 04:42 AM

The regional council of Wellington has started a campaign to protect native birds (and at the same time protect other birds) and are asking residents to keep their cats inside at nights.
Do Go Corgi members who have cats as well as Corgis, think this is a good idea or not?
I know that in parts of Australia, cats are regarded as bad news and straying cats are dealt to - and again the reason is the threat from cats to the bird life.
It is said that 10,000 birds are killed by cats in New Zealand each year. If that is so, the figures in the USA would be enormous - there are over 82 million cats in the USA whereas in NZ there are probably around 800,000.

09-23-2006, 04:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 4,900 Images: 2	Stay-in cats The regional council of Wellington has started a campaign to protect native birds (and at the same time protect other birds) and are asking residents to keep their cats inside at nights. Do Go Corgi members who have cats as well as Corgis, think this is a good idea or not? I know that in parts of Australia, cats are regarded as bad news and straying cats are dealt to - and again the reason is the threat from cats to the bird life. It is said that 10,000 birds are killed by cats in New Zealand each year. If that is so, the figures in the USA would be enormous - there are over 82 million cats in the USA whereas in NZ there are probably around 800,000.