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Originally Posted by Terry B
I've never shot either but I have never heard of a feral cat killing sheep but the dogs certainly do. Different problems I suppose.
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There are very few feral dogs in these parts (Western Victoria). And I have never seen a dingo. The bad dogs usually turn out to be town pets that get out and turn nasty in a pack.
On another tack, sheep aren't a protected native species, and aren't in danger of being rendered extinct by wild dogs, or cats.
Another thing I have noticed. Dogs won't climb trees and kill native birds, possums, sugar gliders, or anything else they can reach. Cats do.
And I wouldn't discount feral cats not killing sheep. I have shot a feral cat that was 85cm long from head to tail, and weighed 25kilos. That is bigger and meatier than the majority of foxes, which do kill sheep, that I have shot. It wasn't some cute little tabby. It was a killing machine that was intent on attacking me head on when I submitted it to the loud end of a 12 guage. The difference is a cat is a more alert and cunning hunter than dumb old brer Fox.