What a sight, Tilly perched over the plug-hole in the bath! Not an uncommon thing; as you and I know, cats are the superior species. My cat’s ‘window of opportunity’ (as we call the cat door) is locked when she comes in for her tablespoon of ‘roo mince at 7pm or so. Pixie is quite satisfied with this arrangement. I heartily agree with the keeping of cats indoors at night. As you point out, cats are likely to come off second best to a possum, and there can sometimes be the occasional boy on the prowl. The noisy miners have fiercely claimed their territory in the bush behind our house ... Pixie understands that her place out of the house is not at the top of the food chain. Indoors is an entirely different matter. There is definitely something special about being allowed to care for a cat. As the saying goes “dogs have masters, cats have staff”.

How about a 24 hour curfew for anyone wearing a "hoodie". All Young Australian of the Year nominees those types. And persons who wear hoodies WHILE DRIVING?! Yeah - who needs peripheral vision while driving a 1 tonne lump of metal?

Awesome! You've found a new cause for Tony Brown to move onto once every pub in the CBD is closed at 2pm. Cat curfew! My cat is of the indoors variety, and therefore only a danger to cat toys, the odd huntsman or cockroach that manages to get in, and any lego left laying on the floor.

What? Shock! Horror! Are you suggesting Jeff, the Council is actually by-passing another financial income revenue stream upon the rate payers at the moment by not including that juicy morsel of a fine? Must be a lot of cat owners in this Council.

Jeff, you seem a little obsessed with curfews at the moment. Surely the publicans could be doing more to protect our native species.

when do the rotties get regurgitated?

Renovating my then recently purchased old miners cottage. An apparent cat trail was established under my home. A good spot to go to the toilet. Crawling on cat faeces was a hit or miss event when working below the floor. The smell was absolutely abhorrent. I soon grew to dislike cats. More so, I learnt how "sensitive and inconsiderate" their human carers are about pussy. I hired a cat trap from the RSPCA. The workers at the shelter were amazed! I trapped 21 cats in two weeks under my dwelling. Transporting them to the pound. Some of the cats were chipped and owners were notified for them to retrieve their wayward pussy. This culminated in a hearing at the Local Court where a disgruntled cat owner instigated proceedings against me. At which his action was unsuccessful. The latitude some cat owners expect is totally ludicrous.

Sorry Jeff, but I can't see why cats cant be restrained day and night. We know they tend to be nocturnal, so if we are being cruel by curtailing their night time jaunts, what is so wrong about jailing them during the day? They are natural born hunters, and as I've said in previous blogs I have a neighbours cat that delights in using my yard as her hunting ground. She is a very successful cat despite bells on her collar. She loves killing blue tongues and native birds. She got another lorikeet just the other day. Cat owners can kid themselves all they want, but the fact remains they are hunters, and hunting they will go. So If you wish to own a killer, I suggest restraining the cat inside day and night and taking it for a walk on a leash once or twice a day. I'm pretty sure I saw Dr Harry a few weeks ago say cats are easily trained to walk on a lead. I'm sick of finding the dead bodies of my neighbours latest kill. I'm sick of witnessing it. I've tried very politely to explain, but they are arrogant enough to ignore. For the sake of being neighbourly I don't call Council for them to be fined.

Cat owners seem to be blinkered about their disease carrying darlings, how strange it is that they picture an animal designed for hunting as a precious gentle purring harmless pet. Cats not only hunt every animal that moves day or night they kill randomly and do not eat their kill. People with pets in cages often look for a rouge dog after finding their baby bunnies chewed up over the back yard but it is more likely it is someones sweet little bathroom weeing darling. I object to having random disease carrying cats on my vernadah or undertaking their toileting requirements in my garden. If dog owners have to walk around picking up feaces from their pets why are cat owners exempt, they will jump multiple fences to toilet in a neighbours vegie patch or a kids sand pit. Cats should be indoors or kept restrained in an appropriate cat pen, I choose not to be a cat owner as do many sensible people why do we have to then be subjected to cats in our yards, and on occassions in our homes, if we leave a door open, by irresponsible pet owners who will not look after their pets. Leaving your pet (dog or cat) to roam anywhere should be an offence regardless of your proximity to a reserve

My solution is to make cat-skin hats out of their fur. Then these murderers might be of some use. My question is: Are dog owners less responsible than cat owners? I ask this question because some of the dog owners that I have seen have been extremely irresponsible and sociopathic. Let the shooters out at night. This time I am on their side.