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01-12-2017, 05:34 AM
National park staff are luring wildlife-destroying feral cats with KFC
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What's the difference between obscenely hungover people and feral cats?
The unwavering appetite for fried food, of course.
Apparently, Kentucky Fried Chicken happens to be the secret ingredient in helping control the feral feline population, which poses a constant risk to over 100 native species in Australia (https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive-species/feral-animals-australia/feral-cats).
SEE ALSO: Animal shelter commercial almost cuter than the animals themselves (http://mashable.com/2017/01/04/animal-shelter-commercial-adorable/)
Parks Victoria staff spent A$260 (US$193) during seven visits to the same KFC store in a four month period, according to The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/10/parks-victoria-staff-used-work-credit-cards-for-kfc-to-lure-feral-cats). An unnamed Parks Victoria staff member told the news outlet the fast food is "widely k**wn to be the most effective bait for luring feral cats." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/feral-cats-australia-kfc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What's the difference between obscenely hungover people and feral cats?
The unwavering appetite for fried food, of course.
Apparently, Kentucky Fried Chicken happens to be the secret ingredient in helping control the feral feline population, which poses a constant risk to over 100 native species in Australia (https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive-species/feral-animals-australia/feral-cats).
SEE ALSO: Animal shelter commercial almost cuter than the animals themselves (http://mashable.com/2017/01/04/animal-shelter-commercial-adorable/)
Parks Victoria staff spent A$260 (US$193) during seven visits to the same KFC store in a four month period, according to The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/10/parks-victoria-staff-used-work-credit-cards-for-kfc-to-lure-feral-cats). An unnamed Parks Victoria staff member told the news outlet the fast food is "widely k**wn to be the most effective bait for luring feral cats." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/feral-cats-australia-kfc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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