Here in Australia it is estimated that cats kill 1.5 billion native mammals, birds and reptiles a year.
Yet there is no across the nation law that legislates cats be contained at night.
Local councils say they have no legal powers to restrict domestic cat movements.
While they dither, millions upon millions of our precious native critters are slain.
This is from our local council.
The Council has a cat curfew in place between dusk and dawn. This means you must keep your cat within your property boundary at night. We recommended that cats be secured to your property at all times.
Your cat can be kept:
- in your yard where the cat is unable to leave your property boundary
- inside your property
- in a suitable cat enclosure
Do owners take any notice ? NO
Does the council do anything about it? NO
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