Every Day is Not Caturday
It’s Caturday New & Mews! An uproar or pussy riot from New Zealand is brewing.
Cat lovers all over the globe are up in arms about Gareth Morgan, a Kiwi philanthropist taking a radical stance against cats at CatsToGo As soon as the news broke I asked my sister-in-law Cheryl Sucher, a writer who lives in New Zealand, for the scoop who said, “He just wants to neuter existing ones and tell New Zealanders to stop owning cats. His program is to tell current cat owners that their cat should be their last one Of course, this is never going to happen. The SPCA thinks he’s mad. New Zealanders have the largest cat population of any country in the Western world. One million cats in a population of 4.5 million.And the wildlife conservators who are trying to protect the precious rare bird populations are quite sensitive. Gareth Morgan is just a bulwark, used to getting heard and having a political platform.
Sucher adds, “New Zealanders are, for the most part, great animal lovers. Most families have pets – dogs, cats, rabbits – and many people I know keep chickens as well. Not a lot people, lots of space, an agriculturally based economy. It’s not uncommon for families to keep both cats and dogs – something which isn’t so common in the States.”
We couldn’t agree more. Merlin has this to say…
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23 Comments
Maxwell, Faraday & Allie
Merlin, we couldn’t have meowed it better. And we assume the SPCA over there thinks that man is mad, as in LOONEY tunes?
Morgan Eckstein
Wow–just wow. Times like this, I am reminded why I like cats better than people. I hope that he is “fixed.”
Ms. Phoebe
MEWHAHAHA! Yes Miss Morgan, HE needs to be neutered most of all! *shakes with laughter, picks up article about Gareth Morgan’s campaign she printed from her iPawPad in her mouth, and heads for the litter box where it belongs*
Connie Marie
He sure got his 10min. or more of fame. He’s completely mental.
Why would he think he has the right to dictate a rule like that.
Maybe he’s related to Hitler.
I’m not comparing cats to humans, so please no one take offense.
Katnip Lounge
Sometimes I’m sad to have human DNA.
Julia Williams
I have to wonder what goes through this man’s mind that he thinks he has any right to tell other people how to live their lives and who to love or not love. What arrogance! Someone should have told his mother not to have any more babies before he was born. 🙂
The Musings Of A Crazy Cat Lady
What a vile man. What we need is less ignorance about cats and more love and outreach. I’m happy cat lovers in New Zealand are speaking out.
Zee and Zoey - Deb Barnes
I’m with Sparkle, ignore the idiot and hope that at the very least, it can bring the topic of how important spaying and neutering is to a larger audience.
Amy Orvin
I absolutely agree that spaying and neutering is the answer, but as far as only owning one. That’s absurd! As long as you are a responsible pet parent, and by that, I mean spay and neutering and feeding and loving pets to no end, you should be able to have as many as you want. One suggestion for helping the bird population is simple. Keep the cats indoors! DUH?
Brian
New Zealand is on a full scale Idiot Alert.
Ms. Phoebe
MEWHEEHEE! Mew are pawsome Brian!
Skeeter and Izzy
Spay /Neuter 1000 % for it! Responsible pet ownership 1000 % for it!
Eradicating cats from New Zealand or any where else no way! Eradicating the human population would probably do way more for the birds by helping to elimanate air,water,soil,light and noise pollution from New Zealand. Really? Come on its about common sense and apparently this guy doesn’t seem to have a great deal of it and of course some idiot is going to go out and start killing cats in New Zealand because of the press this crap will get.
BTW Layla I trapped all four of my ferals at one time (my little Shadow that had been MIA for 5 days too)and they have had their surgery,rabies shot,physical exam and ear tip, and are doing great and will be released back outdoors today!!!!! I’m sooooooooo very happy that this has been accomplished! I will be keeping an eye out and will attempt the same thing with any “newbies” that show up. Luvs Skeeter and Izzy >^..^<
boomermuse
Yay, thanks so much for your feral trapping update!!!
Cat-from-Sydney
I say, let’s spay him!!!!
Cat Man (Jacob Tepsa)
Hello!
I really agree. Gareth Morgan is really mean. He doesn’t even have a heart for cats! We have to stop this. WE WANT CATS TO STAY NOT TO GO IN NZ! Don’t listen to him if he says not to get another cat when your cat dies!GET MORE CATS, SHOW HIM NZ!
Have a great day!
Cat Man (Jacob Tepsa)
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Maggie
Maybe this idiot’s stance will shine a light on the importance of spay and neutering.
Maggie
Pam Kimmell
Sam and I read about this Morgan guy who obviously is off his rocker (or maybe he fell off his rocker and bumped his head!). It’s one of the dumbest things we’ve ever heard of. As for zen – Odin has the right idea…..breathe….relax…..breathe again and carry on. Happy Saturday to you and the gang!
Hugs, Pam and Sam
Fuzzy Tales
“He just wants to neuter existing ones and tell New Zealanders to stop owning cats.”
This is NOT how it was reported in our news. It was reported as having all cats killed, which just goes to show how the media like to twist thing for sensationalism.
In any case, while everyone has a right to their opinion, perhaps eradicating certain humans should be considered instead. (Written to make a point, not to be taken as how I feel. Though….)
boomermuse
Thanks for providing the Canadian perspective. It’s easy to sensationalize as story like this.
Cynthia Southern
I heard about Gareth Morgan this week and think he is the biggest idiot in the news. We can not allow him to get his way. There are way more cat lovers than bird lovers in New Zealand I am sure. Cats keep the rodent population down which carry disease and cause all kinds of other problems. This guy is a flash in the pan and he will be forgotten next week when everyone ignores this nonsense.
Sparkle
I mainly wrote about this idiot because he was a trending topic. I hope this whole thing goes away after its two minutes of internet fame dissipates.
Kathryn
quite the character morgan is, and so non-american and so kiwi in his sstance.
yes, zen is good.