A parliamentary inquiry in New South Wales, Australia, is sparking heated debate about the management of cat populations. The inquiry, focusing on the impact of containment laws, has raised concerns among experts who fear it could lead to the implementation of controversial 'Trap, Neuter, Return' (TNR) policies.
Cats are ugly and awful,” writes one man in a submission to what is becoming a deeply contentious parliamentary inquiry into the management of cat populations. “All they do is sneak around in the shadows hissing at night and demand wet food. It’s absolutely terrible that it is unlawful to exterminate cats that can freely exterminate lovely birds. Exterminate all the brutes.
Aresna Villanueva Observers of the NSW parliamentary inquiry say it is introducing a controversy that could have profound implications for cat management around the entire country, a topic that often provokes bitter debate. The inquiry was called to consider the impact of containment laws, potentially with a view to allowing NSW councils to impose rules, as is the case in some other states, including Victoria and the ACT. But the inquiry, chaired by the Animal Justice Party’s Emma Hurst, who has referred during hearings to, has heard that if cats were forbidden to roam, councils would be forced to impound stray cats, leading to increased euthanasia rates, which cause depression among veterinarians called upon to kill healthy animals. The tone of the inquiry is worrying some experts, who fear it is being used to introduce to Australia a controversial cat control policy championed around the world by cat welfare advocates, known as TNR or TNRC, which stands for Trap, Neuter, Return; or Trap, Neuter, Return and Care. Under TNR programs, stray cats – or more properly, according to cat advocates, “unhomed” or “community” cats – are trapped. Instead of being euthanised, the cats are desexed and then released, or “returned” to the area in which they were trapped, and then they are fed and cared for by volunteers, ideally with the financial support of donors and taxpayer
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