THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

   Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

YUKULTJI NAPANGATI OF KIWIWIRRKURRA HUNTS FERAL CATS

THOSE CATS HAVE WIPED OUT NATIVE SPECIES

upon which Aboriginals once survived and thrived.

34 species have become extinct so far,and feral cats are proliferating.

(5.6 million in times of heavy rainfall,killing 1.6 billion native species so far).

In fact each feral cat kills 390 mammals,225 reptiles and 130 birds each year-

feral cats alone kill 83 million reptiles and 80 million native birds each year.

And Australia's 3.8 million domestic cats kill 390 million native animals each year.

So "exclosures"have been created where feral cats are trapped then excluded ,

so red-tailed phascogale,western quoll,greater bilbys ,the great desert skink and (re-introduced)mala can thrive.

This NEW NOAH exclosure approach is only one strategy.RSPCA trap 60,000 cats annually,

of which 40%are euthanized.New legislation will require cat licensing,compulsory spaying and neutering,

and creating night-time curfews for domestic cats.This does not help the daylight native animals-

so a TRAP NEUTER RELEASE programs does just this then releases those cats to the wild.

This stops breeding of feral cats,but not the slaughter of wild species.Same for the United States-

58 million domestic pets and 30-100 million feral strays kill 22.3 billion native mammals annually.

ALLY CAT ALLIES &BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY resist any diminution of their numbers.

So Aborigine continue to hunt and kill feral cats for food.This has continued since 1890,

and is yet another way of dealing with a basic issue-destructive of native fauna via wild(feral)cats.

Such cats are terrorists.