Gold Coast couple to sue over savannah cat ban

Totally agree.

In my opinion, these people are un-Australian in their behaviour. They want to make money out of something that has the potential to harm many Australian native species.

Perhaps we can blame the culture of a quick dollar, but they are far from th only ones that will trample the interests of the citizen or indeed the country to get a leg up :((

From the article.

"The written approval to import the cats dates back to 2006 and the Parkers said they were commended for their efforts."

Says it all really.

Jim.

I wonder which minister at the time sanctioned it ?

I wonder if it was approved in principle pending an Environmental Impact Assessment??


Cheers Kev

SIR KEV


EIA?

huh............oh.... Educated Idiot Assessment, right o'.

Its alright for the Americans to have them and suppy them to us!! They have nothing to lose, except for a few Deer and the Bald Eagle and bears, they dont have a lot of small animals that can be prey to those big cats.. Its Government doing what is right for a change!! Michael

MICHAEL.

"They have nothing to lose, except for a few Deer and the Bald Eagle and bears, they dont have a lot of small animals that can be prey to those big cats."
well said, how would the yanks like it if we send over some of our deadliest snakes? i think by memory we have about 8 or so deadliest out of the top 10.

Does anyone remember the fuss caused when some of our redback spiders hitch hiked to Japan along with a shipment of wood ?

it would only take 1 undesexed male cat to get through and that would be it.

It was the intention of the importers to have breeding stock and breed from them. Nice little perk if you got in first, so all cats sold would be desexed.. Sole breeders for Australia,, I can see why they are upset. Upset their little monopoly.. Michael

Its not just the one undesexed male escaping, its the damage to our wildlife for the 20 year life span of an animal like that, just to survive.. even a desexed cat. Michael

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night with something like that standing over you in your swag, a ferel, having spent its life in the bush!! LOL!! Michael

LOL , enter one smelly swag!!

"Imagine waking up in the middle of the night with something like that standing over you in your swag, a ferel, having spent its life in the bush!! LOL!! Michael "

Onced tanned they would probably make a good swag!

best off road

i see what you are saying but what ever happened to the import laws in OZ? introduced species surely cant be introduced EVER?

Wot, NO imports !! Gee, better be careful the Toyota and Nissan owners don't read this.

always contributing something useful arent ya?

Geez DIO,

Got a long way down this thread and was becoming quite concerned that there wasn't a stupid comment from you. Thank heavens you are alive and well.......stupid.

Sorry . Not the cruiser.

Thinking along those lines might suggest that the cane toad invasion of the NT has given the Territorins another sport. LOL

your bloody right there

that was Fed Gov't got EI wrong...

They didnt say they were importing desexed cats.. What they said that were only selling desexed cats..so they were actually breeding in Australia but not selling breeding cats.. A mate of mine left his dog at a kennel over the holidays at a place that told him that it was impossible for a dog to escape from there... Two days later, the dog escaped... It turned up 10 days later in another suburb. so could a cat escape being more agile than a dog....

This can only be the correct outcome. Garrett cant sing but he got this right.... Michael

If I remember correctly, the " selfish idiots " who imported the cane toad was CSIRO or Govt.

Silliest part was - the cane toad couldnt eat the cane beetle ( imported earlier ) because sugar cane in their natural overseas environment grew horizontally and and matted ... not vertically and cultivated as in australia ......... lotsa research went into that one .... clowns

Strolling or falling over in front of your .222?? ;)

"This guy does not know if he has $10,000 or $500,000 tied up in the deal . What a loser "
What a buisness man!

ROFLMAO

Aw go on! You love 'em.
Cute, cuddly, what more could you ask?
And the fur makes fabulous pullovers!
LOL!

Hi Joc45,

They have real sharp claws so I would not try cuddling them.

The fur mixed with merino wool makes great dbl sleeping bag liners :-))

I met a real tame one at a camp area around the Wyvern lake north west of Brisbane a couple of months ago and I almost gave it a massive kick ! Remembered where I was just in time. There used to be reasonable $ to made by trapping them in NZ some years back but the anti fur coat brigade has ruined the export market.

Actually, they're even more of a menace when they're tame! In a camping area, they go thru everything, crawl all over your car, scratching the paint, upend all your camping gear, p!ss on it, etc.
Note you also have stoats, as well as all our imports. Poor buggers!

But seriously, even moving fauna from one side of the country to the other has its problems. In Perth, someone let out some pet rainbow lorikeets about 20 years ago. These are the beautiful ones you see on the east coast. Well now we have them all over the metro area of Perth, and spreading. They are aggressive birds, and have forced out the local timid ring-neck parrots (28's), honeyeaters and lots more. The only things resilient to them are the ravens and magpies.
Come to think of it, you've got our magpies as well, haven't you?

Yep got them blooddddy magpies and it's always open season on wallaby's (including the ones wearing rugby jerseys) :-))

opossums????

Can't be ours........................

Dem must be de Irish ones

;-)))))

Was a fella several years ago advocating death to feral cats and controls on domestic ones.

His slogan was;

" Hat your Cat today "

looked like a modern day Daniel Boone in the photo .... LOLOL