{"id":2339,"date":"2019-12-12T13:52:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T13:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2019-12-12T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T13:52:06","slug":"shooting-cats-australias-war-on-feral-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"Shooting Cats: Australia&#8217;s War on Feral Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shooting Cats: Australia&#039;s War on Feral Cats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxUTl_xd9u0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WARNING: This video contains graphic content.<\/p>\n<p>In Shooting Cats, VICE set out to explore the consequences of Australia&#8217;s feral cat plague, and confront the uncomfortable and violent realities of dealing with it. Most suburban Australians give feral cats little thought. But for residents of the country\u2019s rural fringes, they\u2019re a diabolical pest and scourge on wildlife. Found in 99 percent of Australia, they\u2019re estimated to kill more than two million native animals a day. That devastation has seen Kangaroo Island local Barry Green declare a personal war against cats; trapping and skinning them, before turning them into hats and fridge magnets.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to VICE: http:\/\/bit.ly\/Subscribe-to-VICE<\/p>\n<p>Check out our full video catalog: http:\/\/bit.ly\/VICE-Videos<br \/>\nVideos, daily editorial and more: http:\/\/vice.com<br \/>\nMore videos from the VICE network: https:\/\/www.fb.com\/vicevideo<br \/>\nClick here to get the best of VICE daily: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1SquZ6v<br \/>\nLike VICE on Facebook: http:\/\/fb.com\/vice<br \/>\nFollow VICE on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/vice<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/vice<br \/>\nDownload VICE on iOS: http:\/\/apple.co\/28Vgmqz<br \/>\nDownload VICE on Android: http:\/\/bit.ly\/28S8Et0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARNING: This video contains graphic content. In Shooting Cats, VICE set out to explore the consequences of Australia&#8217;s feral cat plague, and confront the uncomfortable and violent realities of dealing with it. Most suburban Australians give feral cats little thought. But for residents of the country\u2019s rural fringes, they\u2019re a diabolical pest and scourge on wildlife. Found in 99 percent of Australia, they\u2019re estimated to kill more than two million native animals a day. That devastation has seen Kangaroo Island local Barry Green declare a personal war against cats; trapping and skinning them, before turning them into hats and fridge magnets. 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