Sunday

Wildlife and Cats

Don't get me wrong, I like cats.
I think they are graceful enchanting creatures, it's the bloody irresponsible owners that are the problem. When someone acquires a dog, they keep them in a fenced yard. A budgie or a guinea pig is kept safe in a cage. Why is it then, that a vast majority of cat owners think that it is ok for their moggie to roam at will? Apart from the danger to their cat from, roads, snakes and here in Queensland the deadly paralysis tick, these un-confined cats kill and maim thousands of native wildlife every year.
Case in point.

A juvenile Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) arrived this morning after being found huddled in a carport.
Examination revealed 5 large lacerations and area of torn skin the result of being attacked at night by someones loose cat.



Here he is sleeping off the sedation with his wounds dressed.
Off to the vet tomorrow for antibiotics. Lots of TLC and with luck this little one can go back to his wild life.

As for the owner of said cat . . . . .is it uncharitable to wish him or her, bad karma?

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