Are cats too much of a threat to native wildlife?

9:38 AM Tuesday Jan 22, 2013

Top New Zealand economist Gareth Morgan is launching a campaign to eradicate domestic cats.

Dr Morgan has set up a website called Cats to Go, where he calls the animals sadists and natural-born killers that destroy native wildlife.

SPCA chief executive Bob Kerridge called the scheme "hare-brained" and offensive.

He understood Dr Morgan wanted people to stop buying new cats and to not replace pets when they die.

Are cats too much of a threat to native wildlife? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

Dusty (New Zealand) | 09:59AM Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013

Feral cats yes, they should be targeted the same as possums, stoats etc.

Helena Craig () | 09:59AM Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013

This makes me so angry. Its the food chain that people are trying to mess with. What happens when there are no cats, just a lot of diseased birds everywhere? I don't think this idiot thought this out very well. Why not change the law that cats have to be left inside over night like Australia. It's just not fair killing millions of cats and ruining and seperating families.

Graham (Howick) | 10:20AM Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013

Does he also want to erradicate Dogs, Geese, Swans, Sparrows, Starlings, Pigeons, Doves, Rainbow and Brown Trout, introduced Ducks, Wild Pigs, Wild Deer etc. After all, these introduced species compete for resources with our native Fauna causing their numbers to decline.