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Next to Invade Australia: Supercats!

By Alex in Animal on Jun 14, 2008 at 5:32 pm


Having had bad lucks with cane toads and rabbits, scientists in Australia are worried about the next animal that could wreck the continent’s ecosystem: supercats!

The Federal Government has been under fire after it was revealed last week that savannah cats – twice as big as domestic species – are being imported by pet shops.

Scientists are warning that bandicoots, bettongs, potoroos and possums could soon be on the menu for the imported creatures, which were originally bred by crossing domestic cats with the African serval cat.

Link (Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters)


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  1. Larfin Jackarse
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Maybe we could train them to eat cane toads.

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Second.

  3. DOJ
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    @Larfin - i'm pretty sure cane toads are poisonous and things that eat them die, so your training idea should work

  4. seekshelter
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    this reminds me of that episode of the simpsons where bart hatches some eggs cuz he killed a mother bird and turns out they were lizards... then their solution was to keep getting other animals.. on up to apes.. to get rid of the previous infestation.

  5. Ali S.
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    @ seekshelter

    Just what I was thinking. I wonder what foreign species they'll introduce to control the cats. Mutant dogs? After that...Mutant Animal Control personnel?!

  6. Larfin Jackarse
    Jun 14th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Well the crocodile training experiment failed
    http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/2037
    (or succeeded, take your pick)

  7. Vako
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 2:43 am

    Arabian goats.

  8. TT
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 3:11 am

    Damned Aussies -

    nothing but vermin, the whole lot of 'em.

  9. zazie
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 3:11 am

    :( this is bad.

  10. Pol x
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    cane toads and rabbits, yeah and the rest.

    Cows,cats, sheep, foxes, a lot of plants ...basically the introduction of most species pretty much was a bad move.

  11. Thomas
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    Wow, TT -- you just hate everyone, don't you? First its Americans, then Australians. What next? Anyone belonging to a former colony? Take your frustration over losing a worldwide empire and take it out on Indians, the Chinese, South Africans, and hell, why not just call like it is -- everyone, because by god, if you're not English, what's the point of living?

  12. prophet
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Not the potoroos!

  13. Lea
    Jun 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Australia has a lot of infestation problems....

    But it shouldn't be a problem so long as people take care of their animals properly.

    But I know better than that. :(

  14. Anon
    Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:25 am

    DAMN IT! I want one of those super cats soooooooo bad. Anyone know where I can purchase one?

  15. Thomas
    Jun 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Savannah cats are bred all over. Do a search for Savannah cat breeders in your area. They're great cats, but they're hella expensive.

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