Any new development to help control/eliminate feral species humanely is great news in my book. Well done. And for the record, I have owned domestic cats as pets, but when outside they lived in a large shed sized cage and actually stayed inside if someone left the gate open accidently as they apparently felt safe there.
Personally, domestic cats shouldn't be allowed outside anyway. The owner(s) need to learn that even their fluffy little kitty isn't innocent, and there will be consequences if it is caught/exterminated.
Just to add a little to this: I've had to put down feral cats and feral dogs. I didn't like doing it, but the cats had become a danger to both domestic chickens and wild birds. The dogs, running in packs, were a severe danger to livestock and humans; especially children. Not to mention that both were a risk for rabies.
You are doing fantastic work and the inventors of these traps should be commended. I grew up a cat lover but they do not belong in the Australian bush and arguably in most areas of our cities also. They need to be eventually eradicated from the bush.
They aren't native to anywhere and don't belong anywhere. 63 species killed to extinction from them already. I'm glad you aren't a cat crazed single species lover.
One panadol or panamax tablet pushed down into a little can of cat food and mixed up a bit after it dissolves - or not. Will kill a 50kg cat [ not a typo ] All up cost under $1. Safe for birds and dogs etc. All cats are feral once out of the house. Around schools and parks at night, picnic spots, camp sites even your suburban front or back yard. Less than a dollar a go.
Don't worry about scanning a microchip, just roll them out asap! A domestic cat does just as much damage as a feral cat. If cat owners are selfish enough to let their cat roam they should pay the price.
Completely false - cat owners always let their rotten cats wander at night . If it was a dog , you'd never hear the end of it . Somehow it's ok when its cats
Just is just stick to Australia. There’s too many similar sized animals in other countries including native cats such as young bob cats or Lynx. And red and gray foxes which are part of the ecosystem of the US.
We are good here in Europe, we like cats and we were the reasons cats got in places like Australia 😂 but i feed the feral cats that comes to my House, they keep rats away. Lucky in italy we had cats since forever so they already killed whatever they could i Guess
@Lucy Kelly The shooting option being effective for wide scale pest control is usually deluded, and if the rare circumstances do enable it (usually for large animals) it requires very skilled shooters, another very rare creature. Shooting to "mop up" remnant populations has its' place, often essential for pest eradication finishing off. The by-kill issue in Australia needs factual information about susceptible carrion eating species to be a valid concern. Tassie devils may be a problem for instance. But most non-canids are not at much or any risk, and foxes and wild dogs (& pigs if they get a big enough dose) are a bonus kill. Where 1080 is used on landscape scale to kill invasive possums and rats, the claims about extensive by-kill risking native species are not substantiated, although enthusiastically emotively advertised by some not vey skilled observers, usually trying to protect other invasive species, & who have never actually seen the devastation they claim for the simple reason it doesn't exist.
Until people neuter their cats, killing them will go on forever. Sad that this human-created situation of domestic cat overpopulation has brought about resorting to this barbaric practice rather than education and a compassionate solution. Without a long-range plan to change human behavior killing our mistakes will always be necessary. This is a bandaid, not a viable solution.
Any pet cat should be an enviro cat,kept inside at night and in a cat house thru the day I love cats but I love our native wildlife too.Kats are hunters everyone knows that.Should be huge fines for irresponsible cat owners.
It's interesting how whenever there's a video regarding humane killing of pests/ferals there are weirdos in the comments that froth and cheer at the idea of killing animals they genuinely hate, completely missing the reason why it's done in the first place. I mean, it's a small minority and all that, but it's still concerns me.
Interesting concept. I live in rural NSW and when I catch a feral cat or rat in live traps I drown them to kill them because I don't have a gun licence.
That is the funniest thing I've heard all day. I'm from the states and half the people here have their heads up a cat's ass. It's so disgusting. They actually want to live in a cat island ecosystem.
One of the great myths in most cases with smaller animals and most larger ones with a it of cover to hide in. When numbers of a problem pest are very low shooting can be a part getting the final ones, when other methods have already got the vast majority and not made them hunter-shy. Many pest control operations are ineffective because of using the high disturbance method of shooting first, usually made worse because ineffective shooters are often selected . Think of hunting a location after a bunch of yobbo hunters have been through beforehand, the animals are still there but hard to catch napping. Whereas after really effective hunters (and there are far fewer than self assessment asserts) far less animals survive, the wary/lucky ones. Poison first and most have been killed without scaring their bowels empty
I live in America. They are backwards here. I think half the people here want to live in a cat island ecosystem. I mentioned this topic at a neighborhood / city council meeting. And the people had a blank look on their faces. I mentioned that cats killed 63 species to extinction and up to 4 billion birds a year, yet they still had their heads up their cats' asses. So disgusting here! Not everyone, but waayyy too many people have no respect for wildlife.
So......what happens to the native animals that chew on the dead cat??? Why not make one that poisons the person dumping the cat in the first place!!! How about one that catches a microchiped cat so the owner can pay a thousand bucks. Make money out of it.
The 'cat squirter' has MANY issues. It can't 'read' a standard microchip. It would require a second much larger implant that could be read from a greater distance. If you have ever tried to scan an animal for a microchip you will know that the scanning device has to be mere centimeters away from the chip. This 'cat squirter' in the video simply can not do that. It is also fraught with other technology defects that makes it unsuitable and a danger to other Native wildlife. It can not distinguish between a cat and say, a 10 week old Dingo cub. This device will be wiping out generations of Dingoes before they can even get a chance to tackle feral cats in their territory. And it has been proven that Dingoes will actively hunt cats and disrupt their hunting behaviour, providing protection for other vulnerable native fauna.
Just so you know, they are working on detecting a different type of tag emitter that may also be suitable for tagging valuable animals such as dingo pups. The device also photographs each trigger/shot, so target specificity is constantly evaluated, unlike with baits, which are not photographically documented.
I don't know where you've pulled this information from, but if you read up on the schematics they've been very careful to ensure that it won't accidentally target native species. This isn't some Rambo-esque shoot-'em-up tool. It's designed to be precisely targeted at cats.
@Lucy Kelly There is no chance engaging a bunch of sharpshooters will even make a dent in the feral cat population. Simply because of the vastness of the area to cover but also because feral cats are so difficult to find in the first place. They are just too wily. You are talking needle in a haystack chances of finding and killing them with a gun.
why does it matter about the microchip scanner, they are only saying they are adding it to make irresponsible owners shut the hell up and stop staggering the process, if you are irresponsible and let your cat roam then too bad so sad, you were an irresponsible moron and now your cat pays the price for your stupidity and lack of logic. the chance of a 10 week old dingo walking in front of the trap is unlikely, they are still hanging around the den at that stage and I doubt the traps would be placed around dingo dens as biologists and ecologists will decide their placement, the felixer will NOT cause whole generations of dingoes to be wiped out
These shortsighted feral cat killer can kill all feral cats in Australia. They may win the battle against feral cats but a new enemy will emerge as a result of feral cat exterminations. The rodents will eat up and destroy Australian agriculture. It will affect Australian incomes and stomach as well. This cycle of extermination then a new enemy emerges will never stop.
Hey like ur reply ur right they imported the cat's now they are killing them when they are done let the rodents run wild than they can bitch about something else why did the Japanese even mess with such shit
You call this contraption "humane", but how humane is it for a cat to die in agony from poisoning? I hope your "mouse infestation" problem comes back. For those that don't know what I am talking about, enter "Australia mouse infestation" in the search bar.
I can't wait until the Animal Vigilantes, instill Karma! First Cats, what next? Also how come Australia gets away with everything? Since you pissed off Earth, Mother Nature! Like I mentioned. Karma ( whatever works). You deserve it!
these cats kill to survive. its horrible that they kill these animals, i know, but they can't survive any other way. these feral cats cant eat anything else, they dont have kitty biscuts or whatever, they have their prey. without the animals running around, these cats die a slow and horrible death. you disgust me.
They're killing to survive, but they shouldn't be here to do that in the first place. We shouldn't allow an introduced species to take precedence over native wildlife that has even more of a right to be here and allowed to survive. I appreciate that it's not a nice thought having to kill feral cats, and I don't think anyone really wants to. But if it's a choice between that or letting them wreak havoc on native bird, mammal, and reptile populations driving them closer to extinction, it's an unfortunately clear-cut choice. The best we can do is make sure the methods we use are as targeted and painless as possible, which is where tools like this are so valuable.
Heya snowflake, they’re killing native animals that appear nowhere else on the planet. Clearly it’s not their fault, we understand that perfectly well but if we do nothing to stop them then there will be more and more extinctions. It’s not hard to figure out. I am glad they’re doing something about it. You care more about introduces pest animals only (because you are familiar with them) than native unique flora that has nowhere else to go to survive. Your priorities are misguided. Get real!!!
Hey grandpa, Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years due to humans. Species across land, rivers and seas have been decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats.
It IS our job to destroy introduced species that are a feral threat to native animals in this country - It is YOUR job to keep them inside your house where they cannot kill.. 20 native species are already extinct because pet owners thought they were God - idiot
@Tina Doherty 63 species killed to extinction already due to irresponsible cat owners that couldn't just appreciate the native ecosystem. If you leave them alone, Australia becomes another cat island. And that is what you want, isn't it? To a cat crazed person, their vicious cats are supposed to slaughter everything to extinction, or else they won't be happy.
Any new development to help control/eliminate feral species humanely is great news in my book. Well done.
And for the record, I have owned domestic cats as pets, but when outside they lived in a large shed sized cage and actually stayed inside if someone left the gate open accidently as they apparently felt safe there.
Bloody brilliant, mate. Well done!
What do you know, about sub-poisoning, of who eats the carcass?
Or child licks hands after contact with cats fur. Poisoned cat can live for some time and some child can play with it.
@@kralupinensis I don't think a wild cat would like that.
Personally, domestic cats shouldn't be allowed outside anyway. The owner(s) need to learn that even their fluffy little kitty isn't innocent, and there will be consequences if it is caught/exterminated.
Brilliant reply. Do your children look like you or their father, your brother?
Just to add a little to this: I've had to put down feral cats and feral dogs. I didn't like doing it, but the cats had become a danger to both domestic chickens and wild birds. The dogs, running in packs, were a severe danger to livestock and humans; especially children. Not to mention that both were a risk for rabies.
exactly
@@TheSFCRetired Fucking Ice Cold Savagery. I'm stealing this just so you know... haha
I have live trapped neighborhood cats and drop them off at a shelter
You are doing fantastic work and the inventors of these traps should be commended.
I grew up a cat lover but they do not belong in the Australian bush and arguably in most areas of our cities also.
They need to be eventually eradicated from the bush.
They aren't native to anywhere and don't belong anywhere. 63 species killed to extinction from them already. I'm glad you aren't a cat crazed single species lover.
Awesome trap!
I'm glad this technology actually ended up going somewhere.
One panadol or panamax tablet pushed down into a little can of cat food and mixed up a bit after it dissolves - or not. Will kill a 50kg cat [ not a typo ] All up cost under $1. Safe for birds and dogs etc. All cats are feral once out of the house. Around schools and parks at night, picnic spots, camp sites even your suburban front or back yard. Less than a dollar a go.
Awesome, hope there's polies convinced enuf to give continuous funding for long exposure.
What if the poisoned cat eaten by other animals?
Maybe it could be Powered by a solar panel for remote areas?
Interesting technology, I hope it works as intended.
Do u have any figures on how many cats u have got in a week or night be interesting
Awesome Tech!
How about more about feral dog's being killed I thought the the cat man was taking care of the problem
Don't worry about scanning a microchip, just roll them out asap! A domestic cat does just as much damage as a feral cat. If cat owners are selfish enough to let their cat roam they should pay the price.
Domestic cats are at home , inside the house
Completely false - cat owners always let their rotten cats wander at night .
If it was a dog , you'd never hear the end of it .
Somehow it's ok when its cats
Dumb question, what happens if something comes along and eats the dead cat?
No such thing as a dumb question .
Especially a sensible one .
Very clever innovation.Needs to be sold in all the countries who have feral cats.
Just is just stick to Australia. There’s too many similar sized animals in other countries including native cats such as young bob cats or Lynx. And red and gray foxes which are part of the ecosystem of the US.
We are good here in Europe, we like cats and we were the reasons cats got in places like Australia 😂 but i feed the feral cats that comes to my House, they keep rats away. Lucky in italy we had cats since forever so they already killed whatever they could i Guess
Any footage of this machine in action?
Impressive, it will be good to see the results once more are set-up.
@Lucy Kelly The shooting option being effective for wide scale pest control is usually deluded, and if the rare circumstances do enable it (usually for large animals) it requires very skilled shooters, another very rare creature.
Shooting to "mop up" remnant populations has its' place, often essential for pest eradication finishing off.
The by-kill issue in Australia needs factual information about susceptible carrion eating species to be a valid concern. Tassie devils may be a problem for instance.
But most non-canids are not at much or any risk, and foxes and wild dogs (& pigs if they get a big enough dose) are a bonus kill.
Where 1080 is used on landscape scale to kill invasive possums and rats, the claims about extensive by-kill risking native species are not substantiated, although enthusiastically emotively advertised by some not vey skilled observers, usually trying to protect other invasive species, & who have never actually seen the devastation they claim for the simple reason it doesn't exist.
Now my birds are safe
could i please have promising to use this footage in a power point of the eradication of feral cats in Australia
i need one for my yard
Until people neuter their cats, killing them will go on forever. Sad that this human-created situation of domestic cat overpopulation has brought about resorting to this barbaric practice rather than education and a compassionate solution. Without a long-range plan to change human behavior killing our mistakes will always be necessary. This is a bandaid, not a viable solution.
would this target Eastern and Spot Tailed Quolls and Tasmanian Devils?
No. As video explains will only target cats.
drop door traps or dingo traps work best
So this is the live review of 1080 spraying robot.
Any pet cat should be an enviro cat,kept inside at night and in a cat house thru the day I love cats but I love our native wildlife too.Kats are hunters everyone knows that.Should be huge fines for irresponsible cat owners.
Need to have some law in place that gives jail time to anyone tampering with the device.
It's interesting how whenever there's a video regarding humane killing of pests/ferals there are weirdos in the comments that froth and cheer at the idea of killing animals they genuinely hate, completely missing the reason why it's done in the first place.
I mean, it's a small minority and all that, but it's still concerns me.
Interesting concept. I live in rural NSW and when I catch a feral cat or rat in live traps I drown them to kill them because I don't have a gun licence.
How humane of you.
@@xSTARR999 Thank you :)
Good way to waste trapped Indian mynas!
That is the funniest thing I've heard all day. I'm from the states and half the people here have their heads up a cat's ass. It's so disgusting. They actually want to live in a cat island ecosystem.
I read machine is pretty effective.
Where can I get some of these? I'd like to repurpose them to deliver anti-tick medication to wild deer in America.
A triple2 with a silencer would do the job.
But high tech is good too.
One of the great myths in most cases with smaller animals and most larger ones with a it of cover to hide in.
When numbers of a problem pest are very low shooting can be a part getting the final ones, when other methods have already got the vast majority and not made them hunter-shy.
Many pest control operations are ineffective because of using the high disturbance method of shooting first, usually made worse because ineffective shooters are often selected .
Think of hunting a location after a bunch of yobbo hunters have been through beforehand, the animals are still there but hard to catch napping. Whereas after really effective hunters (and there are far fewer than self assessment asserts) far less animals survive, the wary/lucky ones. Poison first and most have been killed without scaring their bowels empty
In America there's people that feed them , and I mean 20 pounds of food a day for dozens of cats.
I live in America. They are backwards here. I think half the people here want to live in a cat island ecosystem. I mentioned this topic at a neighborhood / city council meeting. And the people had a blank look on their faces. I mentioned that cats killed 63 species to extinction and up to 4 billion birds a year, yet they still had their heads up their cats' asses. So disgusting here! Not everyone, but waayyy too many people have no respect for wildlife.
Didn't see a reference to a camera, a trail camera would give a picture of how well it is doing.
they mentioned the camera towards the end when he started talking about downloading remotely.
Would have been nice to have a First Nations man 'running the show.' .eh?
It was whites that introduced the damn things !
If eye see that machine , I'm Gona smash . So you can't kill me or my kids or whoever . And if eye catch you around we will be having more than words
Not see a problem, here what happens if another native Animal eats the cat after it dies.
So......what happens to the native animals that chew on the dead cat??? Why not make one that poisons the person dumping the cat in the first place!!! How about one that catches a microchiped cat so the owner can pay a thousand bucks. Make money out of it.
YES WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?!!
KUUWAALA
The 'cat squirter' has MANY issues. It can't 'read' a standard microchip. It would require a second much larger implant that could be read from a greater distance. If you have ever tried to scan an animal for a microchip you will know that the scanning device has to be mere centimeters away from the chip. This 'cat squirter' in the video simply can not do that. It is also fraught with other technology defects that makes it unsuitable and a danger to other Native wildlife. It can not distinguish between a cat and say, a 10 week old Dingo cub. This device will be wiping out generations of Dingoes before they can even get a chance to tackle feral cats in their territory. And it has been proven that Dingoes will actively hunt cats and disrupt their hunting behaviour, providing protection for other vulnerable native fauna.
Just so you know, they are working on detecting a different type of tag emitter that may also be suitable for tagging valuable animals such as dingo pups. The device also photographs each trigger/shot, so target specificity is constantly evaluated, unlike with baits, which are not photographically documented.
I don't know where you've pulled this information from, but if you read up on the schematics they've been very careful to ensure that it won't accidentally target native species. This isn't some Rambo-esque shoot-'em-up tool. It's designed to be precisely targeted at cats.
@Lucy Kelly There is no chance engaging a bunch of sharpshooters will even make a dent in the feral cat population. Simply because of the vastness of the area to cover but also because feral cats are so difficult to find in the first place. They are just too wily. You are talking needle in a haystack chances of finding and killing them with a gun.
why does it matter about the microchip scanner, they are only saying they are adding it to make irresponsible owners shut the hell up and stop staggering the process, if you are irresponsible and let your cat roam then too bad so sad, you were an irresponsible moron and now your cat pays the price for your stupidity and lack of logic. the chance of a 10 week old dingo walking in front of the trap is unlikely, they are still hanging around the den at that stage and I doubt the traps would be placed around dingo dens as biologists and ecologists will decide their placement, the felixer will NOT cause whole generations of dingoes to be wiped out
So the poor dingoes will starve because there will be no cats left
These shortsighted feral cat killer can kill all feral cats in Australia. They may win the battle against feral cats but a new enemy will emerge as a result of feral cat exterminations. The rodents will eat up and destroy Australian agriculture. It will affect Australian incomes and stomach as well. This cycle of extermination then a new enemy emerges will never stop.
Hey like ur reply ur right they imported the cat's now they are killing them when they are done let the rodents run wild than they can bitch about something else why did the Japanese even mess with such shit
All introduced by the main enemy , White man
Beat cat is a dead cat , killem anyway you can
The Cannibals, say the same about an A$$hole!
dont you mean "best" ?
Best you is a ded you go to hell ass holes
Take your meds
You call this contraption "humane", but how humane is it for a cat to die in agony from poisoning? I hope your "mouse infestation" problem comes back. For those that don't know what I am talking about, enter "Australia mouse infestation" in the search bar.
What a sensible fellow human - wishing for a return of an infestation - the world needs more bright sparks like you 👍
2:42 black man taking all d risk of posion
And?
Talking shit. How about person participating research?
No actual poison was used for demonstration, did you not watch it or just not listen earlier in the video ?
I am pretty sure he wouldn't have licked it off
If the cats suffer it’s cruel 💔
Not really, think of the cruelty that cat inflicts on thousands of other native animals.
I can't wait until the Animal Vigilantes, instill Karma! First Cats, what next? Also how come Australia gets away with everything? Since you pissed off Earth, Mother Nature! Like I mentioned. Karma ( whatever works). You deserve it!
these cats kill to survive.
its horrible that they kill these animals, i know, but they can't survive any other way.
these feral cats cant eat anything else, they dont have kitty biscuts or whatever, they have their prey. without the animals running around, these cats die a slow and horrible death.
you disgust me.
They're killing to survive, but they shouldn't be here to do that in the first place. We shouldn't allow an introduced species to take precedence over native wildlife that has even more of a right to be here and allowed to survive.
I appreciate that it's not a nice thought having to kill feral cats, and I don't think anyone really wants to. But if it's a choice between that or letting them wreak havoc on native bird, mammal, and reptile populations driving them closer to extinction, it's an unfortunately clear-cut choice. The best we can do is make sure the methods we use are as targeted and painless as possible, which is where tools like this are so valuable.
It's funny how many humans that are non-native are taking precedence over everyone else in Australia.
Heya snowflake, they’re killing native animals that appear nowhere else on the planet. Clearly it’s not their fault, we understand that perfectly well but if we do nothing to stop them then there will be more and more extinctions. It’s not hard to figure out. I am glad they’re doing something about it. You care more about introduces pest animals only (because you are familiar with them) than native unique flora that has nowhere else to go to survive. Your priorities are misguided. Get real!!!
Hey grandpa,
Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years due to humans.
Species across land, rivers and seas have been decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats.
jazymoo please cry me a river
هَأذُأ
its not your job leave the cats alone u r not god
The cats are an invasive species brought to Australia by humans, not God.
It IS our job to destroy introduced species that are a feral threat to native animals in this country - It is YOUR job to keep them inside your house where they cannot kill.. 20 native species are already extinct because pet owners thought they were God - idiot
Some just don't appreciate nailing a wild pussy in the outback is a service. It's rarely trophy hunting
@Tina Doherty 63 species killed to extinction already due to irresponsible cat owners that couldn't just appreciate the native ecosystem. If you leave them alone, Australia becomes another cat island. And that is what you want, isn't it? To a cat crazed person, their vicious cats are supposed to slaughter everything to extinction, or else they won't be happy.
Unbelievable