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animal protection, animal rights, Australia, cats, feral cats, kindness, Mother Earth, nature, petition
For a huge animal lover, and especially cat lover such as myself, this is terrible to hear!
I recently fostered an abandoned cat, whom I called Lola and her 5 kittens, until we were able to find nice homes for all of them. This is a beautiful story. I will eventually have it in print, together with lots of pics!Please sign the petition and spread the word. Thanks so much!
Direct link to PETITION on Forcechange.com
Source: http://forcechange.com/145469/dont-murder-feral-cats/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=98b9f4cab0-548FC7_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600a6911b9-98b9f4cab0-298258225
Target: Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt
Goal: Don’t unnecessarily murder two million feral cats.
Australia recently announced a plan to kill two million feral cats in the country because they are “harmful,” despite the fact that animal rights groups say this won’t do much to help.
The Australian Environment Minister claims the cats will be killed humanely, but is there really a way to murder innocent animals who are just trying to survive? French actress Brigitte Bardot condemned the minister’s plan in an open letter, saying, “This animal genocide is inhumane and ridiculous. In addition to being cruel, killing these cats is absolutely useless since the rest of them will keep breeding.”
Bardot said the money set to murder innocent animals would be better used to sterilize them and decrease the population in that nonviolent way. The government plans to shoot and poison…
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