The government of Australia came up with a plan that will kill thousands of feral cats, and that is by dropping off poisoned sausages by an airplane in areas.
Australia is currently facing a huge problem with feral cats, there are so many of them that they have a plan to kill 2 million feral cats by 2020.
This will be done so that they can protect their indigenous animals.
The government of Australia also has teams that consist of government officials who trap and shoot the cats, they travel in the entire country to do this.
It is reported that the government of Australia is planning to poison feral cats by meat that is from kangaroo, chicken fat, and herbs which are capable of killing them within 15 minutes after consuming them.
The sausages are going to be made in a factory located in Perth and are going to be dropped off from airplanes with an interval of 50 kilometers.
The guy who made it said that the sausages are tasty. Wondering how he knows this? Well, he served it to his own cats, but he did not add poison to it.
During an interview, Dr. Dave Algar said, “They’ve got to taste good. They are the cat’s last meal.”
This act looks strange and wrong, but in fact, feral cats are really a big problem in Australia since they were brought in by European settlers, and since then, the feral cats have caused 20 animal extinctions.
The National Commissioner of the Threatened Species, Gregory Andrews said, “We have got to make choices to save animals that we love, and who define us as a nation like the bilby, the warru (Black-footed rock-wallaby) and the night parrot.”
Commissioner Andres said that the feral cats are the “single biggest threat” to the indigenous species of Australia.
A recently conducted study revealed that feral cats kill nearly 377 million birds and 649 reptiles each year in Australia.
Many people are accusing the Australian Government of using feral cats as a distraction from other environmental issues like Logging, Urban Expansion, and Mining.
Tom Doherty, an ecologist from the Deakin University said, “There’s a possibility there that cats are being used as a distraction to some extent. We also need to have a more holistic approach and address all threats to biodiversity.”