"There are cats out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead."
I love cats 🐈⬛ , it’s very sad & very unfortunate that irresponsible humans have allowed them to become invasive creatures causing harm. Sucks badly but protecting the native habitats is priority 😢
Yeah I’m more of a dog person but I do have cat that has waged a campaign over several years to move in with us 😊(was neighbours) not very affectionate bless her but she seems to really want to be with us so she gets all the pets she’ll tolerate! I do think it’s possible to keep cats reaponsibly and not just by keeping them as 100% house cats but sadly there’s very limited ways that feral cats on larger scale can be managed non fatally 😢
Feral not only preying other animals. But also ruined genetic of certain local cats that closely related enough to housecat so crossbreed is possible. That's the fate of scotish wildcat and african wildcat which is the original ancestor of domestic cat
@@johnmead8437 luckily this crossbreed still much rarer than standard cat breed due to how expensive they're. But that still terrifying if this luxurious pet abandoned and becoming feral
Because cats deserve to be outside where they can get proper exercise and live a healthy life I don't understand people that want to keep such majestic animals locked up until they die from obesity and lack of will to live
Yeah, the one accusing Tsuki of the opposite of all the things he usual makes a point of, eg that we shouldn’t demonise any animal for just doing what it does but that there is a problem that needs to be addressed?
All cats should be indoors... catios should be standard for cat owners. Spay neuter rehabilitate and home should be standard not release. The US needs to start removing feral cats and get strict we have less and less native birds and more European starlings and sparrows... its sad. Barn cats need to be not a thing ... we should encourage snakes mink owls hawks and other natural predators to live near these places. Cats deserve homes food love and vet care... they shouldn't be starving and sick in the wild.
I'm afraid that the message is very slow to get through in New Zealand. We have one of the highest rates of cat ownership per capita and I get tired of hearing that 'they are only doing what's natural. And that it's unkind and unnatural to confine them. I personally love cats and can never resist saying hi to one that I meet on the road, while thinking how terrible it is that this animal is wandering around killing our wildlife - and as you say, more than 'just' our birds. I would never own a cat here, much as I would really like to have one.
My cat hasn't killed that many animals, she just killed approximately five birds and 5 mice, three of each were dead, two of which were injured, and one of each were still alive
I’m cuddling my indoor cat as I am watching this video. My parents live near a wild area space and our three cats at the time eradicated a population of shrews
Cats are known to be extremely fearful of snakes, most don't even bother attacking before running, so either the cat runs away or is eaten by the snake.
Native wildlife & human populations in Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, & the Americas: _just chilling & doing things native populations used to do_ European colonizers: “Such a beautiful place; let’s tear it down & turn it into a barren wasteland for (insert reason here)!”
@@J242D so, no tribes went to war or enslaved other tribes before Europeans came? They were all just chilling singing around the campfire and eating vegan food?
@@J242D they were/are burning down forests and driving whole herds of animals off cliffs though. And Africans love mansions. You should see some of them.
I love cats but anyone who doesn’t agree is the reason for biodiversity decreasing and therefore climate change. You can keep a cat indoors because if it gets enough stimulation, then it doesn’t need to go outside. There’s also leashes and you can keep them in a separate area with a good fence
Cats aren't perfect, same with dogs. I own a dog and I know that they can also be harmful to the native fauna, but people like my parents don't seem to take a hint unfortunately. Man I'm looking forward to finally being able to walk her.
Let's get two things straight here. First,not every pet cat hunts. I have owned dozens of cats over the past 50 years and on average each one catches a few black rats and maybe one or two birds each year. My garden is full is destructive possum pests,lizards,frogs,birds,even bandicoots sometimes. All ignored by my cats. Second,the real problem is habitat destruction caused mostly by livestock farming. So all those who are obsessed with what cats,foxes etc are doing should also give up eating beef and lamb or wearing wool. If that's too hard then you are just hypocrites.
Lets get two things straight here. The pet cats aren't just the problem, feral cats exist too and hunting other animals is how they get most of their meals. The problem is that there are tens of thousands of stray cats (plus the pet cats who are free to roam outside) and even if they hunt an average of a few rodents and maybe one to two birds each year, if you add them all up, it's still a large amount of animals killed and can seriously mess up an ecosystem in a relatively short amount of time, especially in Island ecosystems where native species are more vulnerable to extinction. Second, both are real problems. The fact that cats have caused and are responsible for the extinction of numerous species of animals are enough reason for them to be considered a problem. Livestock farming and cats are both contributors to the extinction of native wildlife, and even if stopped all livestock farming for the next 100 years, cats will still be hunting animals to extinction. Its like two people beating you up, just because the one punching you in the stomach hurts more doesn't mean that the other one kicking you in the face isn't doing any damage. Edit: MILLIONS! There are millions of feral cats in Australia alone!
@@Batangbaito I agree with what you say about enclosed ecosystems such as islands,but as for the rest,why do people think that Australia was some of predator-free paradise before cats arrived? Small animals and birds are natural prey,they breed fast and die fast and before cats they were eaten by Aborigines,snakes,birds of prey,lizards,dingoes,quolls and numerous others. Basically if cats and foxes are wiping out so many species,how come the cats and foxes aren't all starving to death? The average country driver would also run over and kill more native animals in a year than the average pet cat does.
@@user-sq1np3jj4h Why aren't cats and foxes starving to death? Easy! They live in close proximity to humans. Cats and foxes will readily consume discarded food in trashcans, and in some cases, people will leave their leftover food outside for stray cats to eat, this however won't stop either of the two from hunting native wildlife, as I assume you would know as someone who has owned a dozen cats over the past 50 years, a cat with a full stomach would still happily chase, claw, and bite a cat wand, y'know, a toy meant to simulate small prey. The difference between Cats and Australia's natural predators is that cats and foxes need to hunt and consume more prey. Snakes and monitors lizards only need to eat 1-2 times a week, with some snakes going even less, cats and foxes need to eat multiple prey a day, not to mention that foxes and cats also hunt and eat birds of prey and quolls. And again, pet cats aren't the biggest problem, the feral ones are. A pet cat who has lived its entire life inside a house would kill 0 native animals, but a feral cat who can roam the wilderness and produce more feral cats will kill A LOT more.
@@Batangbaito Well yes mostly true,but if we are talking about feral cats then they usually have zero contact with humans so I still ask why they are not starving to death? We should not forget that both cats and foxes consume huge numbers of rats,mice and rabbits which in many areas would be their main diet. In fact most cat and fox hunters do their shooting on farms due to gun licence requirements where the main prey would absolutely be non-natives. We should also remember that urban areas are completely changed from pre-1788 conditions. My own garden is full of possums,birds including brush turkeys,even bandicoots at times (all ignored by the cats) and none of them would be here except for the abundant new foods,shelter,water etc which did not exist when the land was natural scrub.
@@user-sq1np3jj4h Its simple, countries like Australia and New Zealand are more biodiverse, due to their climate and geography many species have evolved and diversified throughout the islands. Even with no human contact, cats and foxes are just too good at being hunters that small animals there who had no prior contact to these predators have no defense against them. Feral cats and foxes don't starve to death cause essentially every native animal they come by is an easy meal, possums can't outrun cats, cats can easily stalk birds and raid their nests and chicks, foxes can kill quolls and wombats, etc... Cats and foxes don't know these creatures are endangered and frankly, they don't care, to them they are all just food, easy pickings. A cat can wipe out an entire species of marsupial and it would just hunt, kill, and eat another species. We should also not forget that mice, rabbits, and rats are harder for cats and foxes to hunt and kill. Mice can sneak inside our houses, sheds and barns away from any feral cat or fox, rats can live in sewers and drains, rabbits have sharp claws and teeth and can easily outrun cats and foxes. These predators go for the natives because they are easier to hunt and kill, and we can't expect cats and foxes to just hunt rats, mice, and rabbits, we can't argue with these animals and say that they are devistating the ecosystem, and that they should only be hunting these 3 prey animals. I live in an urban area too with feral cats, I had cats squeeze through our house gates and kill our chickens, I have witnessed cats kill skinks living beside our local creek, I had to chase cats away from bird feeders cause they were stalking the birds there. Admit it or not, cats and foxes do more harm than good to ecosystems that they are not a part of. The fact is that cats and foxes have killed dozens of animals to extinction and none of them would have been extinct if we didn't introduce them to that area in the first place.
@@channe3049 Even then, many of them came to be here from human actions, most of the invasive fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, other parasites and many diseases mostly came with the cats, rats, dogs, horses, cattle, trees, flowers, grass and many other plants and animals that are mainly from the Eurasian continent that people have spread across the world either unknowingly or knowingly.
So sad that human intervention has destroyed so much of native Australian & New Zeeland species. BTW: It's always nice to see Arnie at the end of your videos. I bet he's a good boy!
Here in nz i was walking up a mountain we were three quarters the way up and I saw a wild cat I've also seen them in the bush like far in to the bush and the fact that they're there is so depressing.
Yeah it's really sad, if you haven't guessed from watching my videos i love New Zealand's wildlife and it's really sad to see the impact that cats and other invasive predators are having on the ecosystem.
Cats' impact on Dolphins could/ should be looked at too. Particularly Maui and Hectors Dolphin. If you can get your hands on a book called something like "WildSouth", it discussed how cats almost wiped out the last of the Kākāpo Parrots
I hate people who defend cats saying "Oh it's just nature.", yes I know they're an animal but it's not their fault they were even there to begin with. I like cats but I hate what they do to the native fauna. I remember stating my opinion on outdoor cats and I got attacked by a bunch of cat people defending cats and saying things to me like "Bro's mad at nature." and "Cry about it, dog person.", I have zero hope in the world sometimes...
If the cat is Native to the place I don't see an issue with letting them roam. But yeah islands should probably all have a strict indoor law when cats are not on a harness.
thank you for talking about this. I also know that even tho cats can be a problem it is still not their fault and I'm glad that you're always reminding people that introduced species are not evil. People also need to remember that eventually an introduced species will integrate into the food web of a new environment and the native species will adapt to introduced species while said introduce species will eventually evolve into a new separate species. Sure it normally takes millions of years but, that's not always the case. Something it takes just a couple of generations. Which is why I think the best way to deal with the problem is to keep native species around long enough for them to adapt to the introduced species so that way they can both coexist with each other without any or at least minimal negative side effects. In Australia some scientists are already doing this by teaching Bilbies, wallabies, and bandicoots to avoid cats better in controlled areas and it seems to be working. They reason why they're doing this is because they know that they will never get rid of cats completely so the only other alternative is teach the natives to adapt to the foreign species and think that's a way better strategy than to kill off introduced species completely.
There are basically no toads where I live in the U.S. now. I remember there being tons of them throughout where I live. Now I can't even tell you the last time I've seen one.
As you mentioned about feral cats in Australia, due to the lack of predation from larger carnivores other than the Dingo, feral cats are actually starting to grow larger thanks to the lack of competition and become "Super Sized".
What about the wild cats that are being destroyed by domestic cats due to cross breeding. ie Scottish wild cats (possible extinct), Nova scotia wild cat (possible extinct)
It would be impossible to ancient humans domesticate big cats, or any large predator for that matter, it would require a lot of meat to keep them around, since most are solitary, and they could potentially harm or even kill their domesticators
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si Cheetahs are very human friendly, and while they're not considered "big" cats, Servals and Caracals are tamed all the time too. And those three will fight dogs if they have to. People would domesticate anything if they could.
@TsukiCove, Did you know that feral cats in Australia are actually getting big enough to be mistaken for either a black panther or mountain lion!!!!! Do you believe we have big cats roaming around the Australian bush?
Yeah i was reading that they were getting pretty big but i still think they're a long way off that size. There are lots of people that think we have big cats roaming the UK but there's never any real evidence.
@TsukiCove I'm in new york state and same here. Urban legends for years of wolves and mountain lions roaming the Adirondack mountains but as usual , no evidence.
@TsukiCove I believe we have got feral big cats living in the shadows of the United Kingdom as we have some big cat DNA found near a dead sheep last month
Sometimes big cats live in places for the same reason some invasive species do. Some fool was keeping one as a pet and realized that he couldn't control it, so he released it into the wild.
Maybe the next video in the series could be focused on North America as people really seem to prefer to let their cats roam free here. Additionally maybe add a segment on the negative affects on the cats themselves as this could reach more cat owners.
Humans are to blame, they get bored or overwhelmed with the responsibility of looking after a cat and just release them. The cats are only trying to survive, the humans who abandon them and leave the cats to hunt food for themselves are the ones to blame.
Thers a city, in europ, wer they to negate, and menegate the cat problem, bye making the city more apiling to cats to stay, (that way is ezy to noder them, and kip polations in tchek, and find owners) but in eu europeu, they have bean here as long as dingos have bean in Austrália (in other words they are almost part of the ecosistem)
Australia's ecosystem is too far gone. Since hunters brought in foxes cause they hunted the local predators to extinction and were bored and wanted to hunt foxes, since they brought in cane toads, camels, rabbits and of course feral cats and dogs the ecosystem is in shambles.
It's crazy how massively impactful Cats have been. We don't see them as such but they are very successful predators. I wonder what types of cats will evolve from them way down the line
In Australia and New Zealand, some Europeans insisted on introducing European animals. Such as rabbits, foxes and cats among many others. Also came rats and mice. All of these animals disrupted the natural ecosystem down under. Farmers also killed the Thylacine in Tasmania. It’s a shame.
I thought owning a cat in Australia is illegal now, I know the people over there do go out and hunt them like we do invasive reptiles in Florida where it’s now against the law to have an iguana, monitor lizard or large snakes. So far cats are still legal which I hope they continue to be so for I have several indoor only cats.
We have 4 cats but have built a large enclosure in the yard that gives them access to the House as well, plenty of space to run around. Some people let their cats run around the neighborhood.
Same here. I also have a large cat run that my cats access by doggie door anytime they want. During the summer, they do stay outside all day. Their choice. When I'm housecleaning, I put the plastic piece in the dog door that prevents the cats from coming in till I'm done. My cat run is 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. Also has a door that lets people enter as well. It has grass and catnip growing in there. It has a roof and movable shade panels as well. We planned it out well before we built it. (Jan Griffiths).
Yes there are plenty of other places that's why i say what i do at the end. It's not a mistake I've just covered some of those stories before in previous videos and i don't like to repeat them
Really ? Are you this dumb? Cats are not apart of the south North Americas the only ones that are native are there cousins lynxs cougars bobcats and leopards
In Ecuador, where I live there is a small population of cute green iguanas. Each year they have MANY babies, and thankfully there are only like 4 cats in the entire block. The cats are controlled, and I like to scare them away from the baby iguanas, however cats aren't the problem. BIRDS. BIRDS ARE THE PROBLEM. You talk about cats but not birds. If anything, birds are bigger of a threat to lizards than cats are. The birds here are black with a brown belly and a very shart, long beak. They will mostly hunt baby cats, but they ABSOLUTELY ANNIHALATE baby iguanas.The will kill baby iguanas for SPORT. They will eat like half of it and then not even finish the iguana. IT'S SUCH A WASTE, THERE ARE LIKE 6 BABY IGUANA CORPSES IN MY YARD AS I SPEAK, infact, these birds kill so many iguanas, (snakes kill them too) that last year NO IGUANAS MADE IT TO ADULTHOOD. NOTHING, 0, I CHECKED. This year I have to physically intervene by interrupting the bird hunts and putting any iguanas that I find inside of a well-lit, plant infested shed where the babies can spend their childhood. Please make a vid about birds, because this is just too insane.
You know that multiple problems can co exist? Just because one problem is worse where you live, it doesn’t mean that cats as another problem can’t also be a problem
Plenty of the species probably would get wiped out regardless to be honest. If the small house cat can get you then you’re probably already on the menu for countless other predators.😂
"There are cats out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead."
Omg , stupid question but wyf is this from?? I know it but I can't get it off the tip of my tongue and it's driving me insane!!! Lol
@@jeremiahalguire8231The Terminator. It's what Kyle Reese said to Sarah Connor
LMAO💀
@@hisownfool1 YES IN THE CAR LMAO THANK YOU , the tickling in my brain was driving me mad
Spay and neuter. Spread the word homie
I love cats 🐈⬛ , it’s very sad & very unfortunate that irresponsible humans have allowed them to become invasive creatures causing harm. Sucks badly but protecting the native habitats is priority 😢
Yeah I’m more of a dog person but I do have cat that has waged a campaign over several years to move in with us 😊(was neighbours) not very affectionate bless her but she seems to really want to be with us so she gets all the pets she’ll tolerate!
I do think it’s possible to keep cats reaponsibly and not just by keeping them as 100% house cats but sadly there’s very limited ways that feral cats on larger scale can be managed non fatally 😢
Feral not only preying other animals. But also ruined genetic of certain local cats that closely related enough to housecat so crossbreed is possible. That's the fate of scotish wildcat and african wildcat which is the original ancestor of domestic cat
@@johnmead8437 luckily this crossbreed still much rarer than standard cat breed due to how expensive they're. But that still terrifying if this luxurious pet abandoned and becoming feral
Well it's not like it was intentional or there was any way of knowing.
@@BobaBushido it WAS intentional. it was INTENTIONAL to introduce cats to reduce mice, and these are the consequences !
Btw 4 feral cats hang out on my property. Crazy cat ladies feed them and have them spayed. But I no longer have squirrels or birds around.
Then scare them away if you see them so they wont come anymore
I'd rather not have squirrels around lol
@@JinTheAceStar I'd much rather have squirrels and birds than cats in my proximity.
@@lunacy5510 they cause a lot of damage because they chew on wiring, I love bird but fk Squirrels
@@lunacy5510 Environmental reasons aside, why would you rather have squirrels than cats
It’s fine to keep a cat, but keep it indoors. lI don’t understand people who let them run free.
Because cats deserve to be outside where they can get proper exercise and live a healthy life I don't understand people that want to keep such majestic animals locked up until they die from obesity and lack of will to live
@@joshgoss2946 well then you should allow dogs to be outside aswell using your logic
@@joshgoss2946 Exactly! People who keep cats locked up should be banned from having them, it's just cruel.
@@DarkZ0me I would completely agree with that however a mean dog will hurt people as where a cat usually runs away
Both my kitties prefer to be indoors, one was an stray and she hates the outdoors
Cats really are the definition of pretty privilege huh? Also did anyone else see an extremely long, extremely pissed of comment here?
Yeah, the one accusing Tsuki of the opposite of all the things he usual makes a point of, eg that we shouldn’t demonise any animal for just doing what it does but that there is a problem that needs to be addressed?
Cats are basically SS Storm Troopers of the animal kingdom 😂
All cats should be indoors... catios should be standard for cat owners. Spay neuter rehabilitate and home should be standard not release. The US needs to start removing feral cats and get strict we have less and less native birds and more European starlings and sparrows... its sad. Barn cats need to be not a thing ... we should encourage snakes mink owls hawks and other natural predators to live near these places. Cats deserve homes food love and vet care... they shouldn't be starving and sick in the wild.
Cats don't struggle to thrive as ferals
I'm afraid that the message is very slow to get through in New Zealand. We have one of the highest rates of cat ownership per capita and I get tired of hearing that 'they are only doing what's natural. And that it's unkind and unnatural to confine them. I personally love cats and can never resist saying hi to one that I meet on the road, while thinking how terrible it is that this animal is wandering around killing our wildlife - and as you say, more than 'just' our birds. I would never own a cat here, much as I would really like to have one.
God dammit youtube. I can forgive anything else, but not notifying me late for a Tsuki video
Feral cats predating on baby crocs is like the fall of the dinosaurs
You put a bell on a pet cat that catches to many birds. I had a cat that did this and the bell stopped it when she got old i took the bell off
can u bring back the intro???
no sorry it's bad for watch time and stuff
I understand.
My cat hasn't killed that many animals, she just killed approximately five birds and 5 mice, three of each were dead, two of which were injured, and one of each were still alive
Well that I know of anyway
large hawks will carry off domestic cats
@@LBrawn Small dogs also. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 yes chihuahuas will eat the souls of cats
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Yep very true they have caused big problems over there too
7:54 The Arnie: "Whelp *cracks neck and knuckles* looks like it's time to go to work on these cats"
I’m cuddling my indoor cat as I am watching this video. My parents live near a wild area space and our three cats at the time eradicated a population of shrews
And when the feral cats and boas meet in Florida?
Cats are known to be extremely fearful of snakes, most don't even bother attacking before running, so either the cat runs away or is eaten by the snake.
@@alisona.4166 Domestic cats sure, but bigger cats like leopards, cheetahs and even smaller wild cats like caracals actively hunt snakes.
@@alisona.4166That's not completely true. Cats do well at hunting snakes. Not large ones but small to medium sized ones.
you always have this flate town when i watch your videos
Dingos would supress cat nunbers if given opportunity
Interestingly they were also invasive at one point
But then you'd have another problem, replacing one problem with an even bigger problem isn't a solution.
Yeah they'll do that What you gonna do.
my cats stay in my garden. the only thing they hunt is mice and flies and that rare
Meow 😸
Native wildlife & human populations in Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, & the Americas: _just chilling & doing things native populations used to do_
European colonizers: “Such a beautiful place; let’s tear it down & turn it into a barren wasteland for (insert reason here)!”
Racist.
@@KFrost-fx7dthistory isnt racist
@@J242D so, no tribes went to war or enslaved other tribes before Europeans came? They were all just chilling singing around the campfire and eating vegan food?
@@KFrost-fx7dt nobody was paving giant swathes of land to put freeways mcmansions and walmarts
@@J242D they were/are burning down forests and driving whole herds of animals off cliffs though. And Africans love mansions. You should see some of them.
Hmmm..Im guessing Tsuki isnt a cat person. 😁
I hate defenders...
I love cats but anyone who doesn’t agree is the reason for biodiversity decreasing and therefore climate change. You can keep a cat indoors because if it gets enough stimulation, then it doesn’t need to go outside. There’s also leashes and you can keep them in a separate area with a good fence
@@katdiggory5501 exactly
Cats aren't perfect, same with dogs. I own a dog and I know that they can also be harmful to the native fauna, but people like my parents don't seem to take a hint unfortunately. Man I'm looking forward to finally being able to walk her.
Feral cats and house cats aren't the same. Feral cats are invasive species and especially in Australia, they're big threats to the native penguins.
"But cats are cute and small!"
Aren't dogs invasive also?
And if cats are so invasive, why is a video just now made about it?
What the fuck are you saying feral cats are outcompeting feral dogs globally there are 60-100 millón feral cats compared to 10-20 million feral dogs
If it isn't a house cat it shouldn't be a living cat.
Should you also be killed because of what someone else does? Genius
@@Jefe-qh8kd but there isnt rly any other option we cant just put them all into shelters there are far to many of them
@@Jefe-qh8kd go to a protest snowflake
Same with dogs?
@@PizzaRocks yes
Cats killing other animals: it’s called survival of the fittest
it's called human stupidity and ignorance. Cats have no place in those fragile ecosystems. There is nothing natural about cats there.
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Gooohhh Aaawwwaaayyy !!!!!
Let's get two things straight here. First,not every pet cat hunts. I have owned dozens of cats over the past 50 years and on average each one catches a few black rats and maybe one or two birds each year. My garden is full is destructive possum pests,lizards,frogs,birds,even bandicoots sometimes. All ignored by my cats. Second,the real problem is habitat destruction caused mostly by livestock farming. So all those who are obsessed with what cats,foxes etc are doing should also give up eating beef and lamb or wearing wool. If that's too hard then you are just hypocrites.
Lets get two things straight here. The pet cats aren't just the problem, feral cats exist too and hunting other animals is how they get most of their meals. The problem is that there are tens of thousands of stray cats (plus the pet cats who are free to roam outside) and even if they hunt an average of a few rodents and maybe one to two birds each year, if you add them all up, it's still a large amount of animals killed and can seriously mess up an ecosystem in a relatively short amount of time, especially in Island ecosystems where native species are more vulnerable to extinction. Second, both are real problems. The fact that cats have caused and are responsible for the extinction of numerous species of animals are enough reason for them to be considered a problem. Livestock farming and cats are both contributors to the extinction of native wildlife, and even if stopped all livestock farming for the next 100 years, cats will still be hunting animals to extinction. Its like two people beating you up, just because the one punching you in the stomach hurts more doesn't mean that the other one kicking you in the face isn't doing any damage.
Edit: MILLIONS! There are millions of feral cats in Australia alone!
@@Batangbaito I agree with what you say about enclosed ecosystems such as islands,but as for the rest,why do people think that Australia was some of predator-free paradise before cats arrived? Small animals and birds are natural prey,they breed fast and die fast and before cats they were eaten by Aborigines,snakes,birds of prey,lizards,dingoes,quolls and numerous others. Basically if cats and foxes are wiping out so many species,how come the cats and foxes aren't all starving to death? The average country driver would also run over and kill more native animals in a year than the average pet cat does.
@@user-sq1np3jj4h Why aren't cats and foxes starving to death? Easy! They live in close proximity to humans. Cats and foxes will readily consume discarded food in trashcans, and in some cases, people will leave their leftover food outside for stray cats to eat, this however won't stop either of the two from hunting native wildlife, as I assume you would know as someone who has owned a dozen cats over the past 50 years, a cat with a full stomach would still happily chase, claw, and bite a cat wand, y'know, a toy meant to simulate small prey. The difference between Cats and Australia's natural predators is that cats and foxes need to hunt and consume more prey. Snakes and monitors lizards only need to eat 1-2 times a week, with some snakes going even less, cats and foxes need to eat multiple prey a day, not to mention that foxes and cats also hunt and eat birds of prey and quolls. And again, pet cats aren't the biggest problem, the feral ones are. A pet cat who has lived its entire life inside a house would kill 0 native animals, but a feral cat who can roam the wilderness and produce more feral cats will kill A LOT more.
@@Batangbaito Well yes mostly true,but if we are talking about feral cats then they usually have zero contact with humans so I still ask why they are not starving to death? We should not forget that both cats and foxes consume huge numbers of rats,mice and rabbits which in many areas would be their main diet. In fact most cat and fox hunters do their shooting on farms due to gun licence requirements where the main prey would absolutely be non-natives. We should also remember that urban areas are completely changed from pre-1788 conditions. My own garden is full of possums,birds including brush turkeys,even bandicoots at times (all ignored by the cats) and none of them would be here except for the abundant new foods,shelter,water etc which did not exist when the land was natural scrub.
@@user-sq1np3jj4h Its simple, countries like Australia and New Zealand are more biodiverse, due to their climate and geography many species have evolved and diversified throughout the islands. Even with no human contact, cats and foxes are just too good at being hunters that small animals there who had no prior contact to these predators have no defense against them. Feral cats and foxes don't starve to death cause essentially every native animal they come by is an easy meal, possums can't outrun cats, cats can easily stalk birds and raid their nests and chicks, foxes can kill quolls and wombats, etc... Cats and foxes don't know these creatures are endangered and frankly, they don't care, to them they are all just food, easy pickings. A cat can wipe out an entire species of marsupial and it would just hunt, kill, and eat another species. We should also not forget that mice, rabbits, and rats are harder for cats and foxes to hunt and kill. Mice can sneak inside our houses, sheds and barns away from any feral cat or fox, rats can live in sewers and drains, rabbits have sharp claws and teeth and can easily outrun cats and foxes. These predators go for the natives because they are easier to hunt and kill, and we can't expect cats and foxes to just hunt rats, mice, and rabbits, we can't argue with these animals and say that they are devistating the ecosystem, and that they should only be hunting these 3 prey animals. I live in an urban area too with feral cats, I had cats squeeze through our house gates and kill our chickens, I have witnessed cats kill skinks living beside our local creek, I had to chase cats away from bird feeders cause they were stalking the birds there. Admit it or not, cats and foxes do more harm than good to ecosystems that they are not a part of. The fact is that cats and foxes have killed dozens of animals to extinction and none of them would have been extinct if we didn't introduce them to that area in the first place.
I love your videos ❤ keep it up
thanks for the support, will do :)
Video idea: invasive species which were not introduced by humans
Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, parasites.
@@channe3049 Even then, many of them came to be here from human actions, most of the invasive fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, other parasites and many diseases mostly came with the cats, rats, dogs, horses, cattle, trees, flowers, grass and many other plants and animals that are mainly from the Eurasian continent that people have spread across the world either unknowingly or knowingly.
humans.
@@channe3049 every where
OMG these humans have to be dealt with.
So sad that human intervention has destroyed so much of native Australian & New Zeeland species.
BTW: It's always nice to see Arnie at the end of your videos. I bet he's a good boy!
Feral cats (along with foxes) are also a major threat to the little penguin in Australia.
There are foxes in Australia? I didn't know that
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7siunfortunately so, they’re highly invasive
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7siFoxes were introduced to Australia by British settlers for "sport" hunting. They've become a big problem.
Here in nz i was walking up a mountain we were three quarters the way up and I saw a wild cat I've also seen them in the bush like far in to the bush and the fact that they're there is so depressing.
Yeah it's really sad, if you haven't guessed from watching my videos i love New Zealand's wildlife and it's really sad to see the impact that cats and other invasive predators are having on the ecosystem.
It makes me sad to see sheep there, but not as bad as when I see humans.
@@KFrost-fx7dt in the mountains or the bush?
@@darthsquidias7503 anywhere.
@@TsukiCove the feral cats there are also rapidly evolving --> th-cam.com/video/uvvGUAmmPbc/w-d-xo.html
Can you please do a ranking of the most endangered feared and misunderstood animals?
Cats' impact on Dolphins could/ should be looked at too. Particularly Maui and Hectors Dolphin. If you can get your hands on a book called something like "WildSouth", it discussed how cats almost wiped out the last of the Kākāpo Parrots
I hate people who defend cats saying "Oh it's just nature.", yes I know they're an animal but it's not their fault they were even there to begin with. I like cats but I hate what they do to the native fauna. I remember stating my opinion on outdoor cats and I got attacked by a bunch of cat people defending cats and saying things to me like "Bro's mad at nature." and "Cry about it, dog person.", I have zero hope in the world sometimes...
Makes my head explode in such anger I'm in if I see those comments...
If the cat is Native to the place I don't see an issue with letting them roam. But yeah islands should probably all have a strict indoor law when cats are not on a harness.
@JinTheAceStar no cats are native anywhere in the world actually... the only place they belong to is our homes!
@@Javas_The_Shark except for Eurasia and Africa, but I guess we don't exist lol
@@JinTheAceStareven then they hurt their wild cousins by interbreeding with them lowering their chances of survival
You should do one of these for Foxes!
thank you for talking about this. I also know that even tho cats can be a problem it is still not their fault and I'm glad that you're always reminding people that introduced species are not evil. People also need to remember that eventually an introduced species will integrate into the food web of a new environment and the native species will adapt to introduced species while said introduce species will eventually evolve into a new separate species. Sure it normally takes millions of years but, that's not always the case. Something it takes just a couple of generations. Which is why I think the best way to deal with the problem is to keep native species around long enough for them to adapt to the introduced species so that way they can both coexist with each other without any or at least minimal negative side effects. In Australia some scientists are already doing this by teaching Bilbies, wallabies, and bandicoots to avoid cats better in controlled areas and it seems to be working. They reason why they're doing this is because they know that they will never get rid of cats completely so the only other alternative is teach the natives to adapt to the foreign species and think that's a way better strategy than to kill off introduced species completely.
He already addressed this billions of times before this video
Humans are still THE worst invasive species, but I can totally understand why cats are seen as such, even as a cat lover.
Justice for the Dodo bird!
Was waiting for this video LFG!
I have three cats. None of them is allowed to go outside.
i have 11 cats. They are allowed to go outside. (And i don’t care if they kill birds)
@@rushyrush101 Sounds more like you need to take care of your homeleness situation.
@@rushyrush101 your cats will probably will get killed by coyotes or cougars 🤦🏻♂️ keep them indoors
Now dogs 🗿
There are basically no toads where I live in the U.S. now. I remember there being tons of them throughout where I live. Now I can't even tell you the last time I've seen one.
As you mentioned about feral cats in Australia, due to the lack of predation from larger carnivores other than the Dingo, feral cats are actually starting to grow larger thanks to the lack of competition and become "Super Sized".
What about the wild cats that are being destroyed by domestic cats due to cross breeding. ie Scottish wild cats (possible extinct), Nova scotia wild cat (possible extinct)
He is alrady genatycaly extinte
Im just glad we never domesticated any big cats
It would be impossible to ancient humans domesticate big cats, or any large predator for that matter, it would require a lot of meat to keep them around, since most are solitary, and they could potentially harm or even kill their domesticators
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si Cheetahs are very human friendly, and while they're not considered "big" cats, Servals and Caracals are tamed all the time too.
And those three will fight dogs if they have to.
People would domesticate anything if they could.
@@BlueEyedVibeChecker yes, that's why I said "ancient humans" as they wouldn't have the resources to domesticate big carnivores
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7siis a funny comant you dont need, explain why is impossebel.
@TsukiCove, Did you know that feral cats in Australia are actually getting big enough to be mistaken for either a black panther or mountain lion!!!!!
Do you believe we have big cats roaming around the Australian bush?
Yeah i was reading that they were getting pretty big but i still think they're a long way off that size. There are lots of people that think we have big cats roaming the UK but there's never any real evidence.
@TsukiCove I'm in new york state and same here. Urban legends for years of wolves and mountain lions roaming the Adirondack mountains but as usual , no evidence.
@TsukiCove I believe we have got feral big cats living in the shadows of the United Kingdom as we have some big cat DNA found near a dead sheep last month
Sometimes big cats live in places for the same reason some invasive species do. Some fool was keeping one as a pet and realized that he couldn't control it, so he released it into the wild.
@TravisWillden-lw1hk Well, It's nice to know that someone else believes in these mysterious big cats
Those cats are very bad kitties
Maybe the next video in the series could be focused on North America as people really seem to prefer to let their cats roam free here. Additionally maybe add a segment on the negative affects on the cats themselves as this could reach more cat owners.
the decimation of UK water voles and song birds. my dog died last year, now they wont stay out of my garden
Humans are to blame, they get bored or overwhelmed with the responsibility of looking after a cat and just release them.
The cats are only trying to survive, the humans who abandon them and leave the cats to hunt food for themselves are the ones to blame.
Tell those cats I said Pspspspspspspsps!
I wanna see a Video on African or Asian Mammals that could survive in Canada
Thers a city, in europ, wer they to negate, and menegate the cat problem, bye making the city more apiling to cats to stay, (that way is ezy to noder them, and kip polations in tchek, and find owners) but in eu europeu, they have bean here as long as dingos have bean in Austrália (in other words they are almost part of the ecosistem)
"Now I have become Fluffy, Destroyer of Worlds."
Australia's ecosystem is too far gone. Since hunters brought in foxes cause they hunted the local predators to extinction and were bored and wanted to hunt foxes, since they brought in cane toads, camels, rabbits and of course feral cats and dogs the ecosystem is in shambles.
Dingo can be categorise as invasiv btw. They diractely compited with the native carnivors.
It's crazy how massively impactful Cats have been. We don't see them as such but they are very successful predators. I wonder what types of cats will evolve from them way down the line
Thanks!
Excellent video! Leaving another like and comment for the algorithm.
thank you my friend, it is always appreciated :)
It is hard to picture a cat fighting a big insect.
In Australia and New Zealand, some Europeans insisted on introducing European animals. Such as rabbits, foxes and cats among many others. Also came rats and mice. All of these animals disrupted the natural ecosystem down under. Farmers also killed the Thylacine in Tasmania. It’s a shame.
I thought owning a cat in Australia is illegal now, I know the people over there do go out and hunt them like we do invasive reptiles in Florida where it’s now against the law to have an iguana, monitor lizard or large snakes. So far cats are still legal which I hope they continue to be so for I have several indoor only cats.
We have 4 cats but have built a large enclosure in the yard that gives them access to the House as well, plenty of space to run around. Some people let their cats run around the neighborhood.
Same here. I also have a large cat run that my cats access by doggie door anytime they want. During the summer, they do stay outside all day. Their choice. When I'm housecleaning, I put the plastic piece in the dog door that prevents the cats from coming in till I'm done. My cat run is 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. Also has a door that lets people enter as well. It has grass and catnip growing in there. It has a roof and movable shade panels as well. We planned it out well before we built it. (Jan Griffiths).
Bad kitties 😂
I don't mean to point out you made some mistakes, but there are few other places cats are invasive in: Hawaii, and the Galapagos islands.
Yes there are plenty of other places that's why i say what i do at the end. It's not a mistake I've just covered some of those stories before in previous videos and i don't like to repeat them
He didn't want the video to be too long, that doesn't mean what he said is wrong
A feral tortoiseshell cat had kittens in my bedroom.
Two years in a row.
anyone know what that lizard is at 6:44?
, Clever beaver 38
And who cares? Its nature.
Really ? Are you this dumb? Cats are not apart of the south North Americas the only ones that are native are there cousins lynxs cougars bobcats and leopards
In Ecuador, where I live there is a small population of cute green iguanas. Each year they have MANY babies, and thankfully there are only like 4 cats in the entire block. The cats are controlled, and I like to scare them away from the baby iguanas, however cats aren't the problem. BIRDS. BIRDS ARE THE PROBLEM. You talk about cats but not birds. If anything, birds are bigger of a threat to lizards than cats are. The birds here are black with a brown belly and a very shart, long beak. They will mostly hunt baby cats, but they ABSOLUTELY ANNIHALATE baby iguanas.The will kill baby iguanas for SPORT. They will eat like half of it and then not even finish the iguana. IT'S SUCH A WASTE, THERE ARE LIKE 6 BABY IGUANA CORPSES IN MY YARD AS I SPEAK, infact, these birds kill so many iguanas, (snakes kill them too) that last year NO IGUANAS MADE IT TO ADULTHOOD. NOTHING, 0, I CHECKED. This year I have to physically intervene by interrupting the bird hunts and putting any iguanas that I find inside of a well-lit, plant infested shed where the babies can spend their childhood. Please make a vid about birds, because this is just too insane.
You know that multiple problems can co exist? Just because one problem is worse where you live, it doesn’t mean that cats as another problem can’t also be a problem
Nah those birds are probably native and the iguanas have had a chance to adapt. Besides “birds” is far too general a topic for a vid lol
@@J242D The iguanas do not look like they're adapting, and there are barely any anymore here
@@MemesWithTheLizard-ec8uy don’t you think the introduced cats or increased human population are more culpable than their native predators?
I love dogs 🐶
Dogs are invasive to
@@TriassicPendraig I didn't say they weren't i simply said i love dogs.
@@URBANKINGPIN i just wanted to point it out
@@TriassicPendraig That's cool bro but i know
@@URBANKINGPIN ok but why do you even comment , i love dogs, under a video about how invasive cata are?
Plenty of the species probably would get wiped out regardless to be honest. If the small house cat can get you then you’re probably already on the menu for countless other predators.😂
stop vilifying cats
Don't know about vilifying, but outdoor cats are a big problem. Great pets, just keep them indoors.
@@robertdeland3390 any outdoor or feral animals are a big problem, stop singling the feral cats out, you are ridiculous and ignorant
@@robertdeland3390 All feral animals become a problem, not only cats, you are ignorant and biased towards cats
@@dosdeyamaguchi9675 what does that even mean cats and all invasive species are dangerous for the environment
@@dosdeyamaguchi9675 no one is being biased against cats they kill many small,and mudium size mammals and birds
Who the hell wants crocodiles around?
You’d be surprised how many people like crocodilians as animals, considering they’re the closest things we have to dinosaurs.
Fax, i like you.@@fictioneater3110
The ecosystem! Crocs play an important role!
I rathere have crocs then stray cats
@@TriassicPendraig well you're kind of stupid then. Please don't ever swim.
Yup,and there are many humanoids that have more than one cat….now those fluffies (humans) should be put away somewhere……….
Truly Bad Kitties