Australia’s Environment Minister Peter Garrett has today banned savannah cats from Australia, saying they pose an extreme risk to native animals and the environment.
“On all the evidence that I have seen, the risks associated with allowing this cross-bred cat into the country, when we already have up to 12 million feral cats wreaking havoc on native fauna, are simply too great,” Mr Garrett said. “That is why I have banned the import of these cats immediately.”
Various petitions and submissions have been doing the rounds since this issue came to the public’s attention several months ago. I don’t know what these people are going to do.
More info is available on the ABC’s news site.
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