How Many Animals Do Dogs Kill Each Year

Subsequently land clearing, unrestrained pets are 1 of wildlife's biggest threats. The Queensland Government is asking the

Each unrestrained pet true cat kills an average of 32 wild animals a year.

community for its views on using mandatory and voluntary measures including registration, identification and de-sexing to control the number of domestic pets that are vulnerable to neglect and abandonment.

If you are concerned nearly the welfare of Queensland's wildlife, then respond to this survey.

Dog and cat direction issues

• Unrestrained domestic cats and dogs are one of the biggest threats to our wild animals, especially in urban areas.
• In four days in June 2007, Bat Rescue Brisbane rescued vi flying foxes that had been attacked by dogs. All bats had to exist put down.
• Vets and wildlife carers responding to a survey by Wildlife Queensland'due south Glider Network in 2007 recorded that domestic animal attacks were responsible for 30% of all gliders needing care by that group – the biggest single crusade– and fewer than 13% of those gliders attacked survived to be released to the wild.
• Redland Shire Council says that dogs are one of the main causes of koala death in the Redland Shire.
• Each Australian pet cat, if allowed to wander, has been estimated by some sources to impale an boilerplate of sixteen mammals, eight birds and 8 reptiles per year.
• The diet of Commonwealth of australia's unrestrained cats has been recorded as including 186 bird species, 64 mammals, 86 reptiles 10 amphibians/invertebrates – that's 347 different native wild animals species.

Wildlife Queensland says……

While not ignoring that loss of habitat through human being activity is the biggest threat to Queensland's native wild animals, Wildlife Queensland supports the proposed ameliorate management of domestic pets in line with our core principle: Preserve the flora and fauna of Commonwealth of australia by all lawful means.

Wildlife Queensland supports the policy of the Victorian Government as a minimum standard: compulsory tagging and identification; registration of cats; animals sold commercially to exist microchipped; compulsory desexing (with an exemption for commercial breeders).

WPSQ has fabricated a submission on this consequence to the relevant department.

Have your say for wildlife

'Cats in particular tin can wreak devastation on wildlife and the booming number of unwanted cats must exist addressed,' Local Government and Planning Minister Tim Mulherin.

The give-and-take paper and a feedback form are sponsored past the Department of Main Industries and Fisheries, and the Department of Local Authorities, Planning and Sport. Apply the points to a higher place to assist inform your response.

Deadline for submissions: Friday 3 August 2007

Availability: The paper and the form are accessible online

For more information on Wildlife Queensland'southward activities, contact us by email or telephone call +61 seven 3221 0194.

Wildlife Queensland – July 2007

Source: https://wildlife.org.au/uncontrolled-cats-and-dogs-kill-wildlife/

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