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New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity.

New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity.

Speaking to Radio New Zealand on Thursday, conservation minister Tama Potaka said that feral cats are “stone cold killers” and would be added to the country’s Predator Free 2050 list, which aims to eradicate those animals that have a negative impact on species such as birds, bats, lizards and insects.

Cats had previously been excluded from the list, which includes species such as stoats, ferrets, weasels, rats and possums, but Potaka used the interview to announce a U-turn.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      Honestly, cat is just pretty gross. Did not like at all, even before I knew what it was. Incredibly greasy, very unpleasantly gamey, do not recommend.

      • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        I’ve never had cat, but have heard that mountain lion is really good. Supposedly, during WWII, lots of house cat was eaten in the UK and was called roof rabbit.

        What kind of cat did you have and what were the circumstances?

        • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          What kind of cat did you have and what were the circumstances?

          “Cat” (it was cooked, I assume it was a shorthair since there were ample feral shorthairs around), and it was part of a banquet-thing I was at while visiting friends - except sea cucumber (which is revolting it has the exact taste and texture of a loogie) the rest of the food was very good!

          (edit: I am not sure british wartime cooking is a great metric to base “Tastes-Goodness” off of)

          • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            10 hours ago

            I’ve had raccoon, which was terrible. Never had the chance to try cat.

            Sea cucumber is supposed to be a delicacy, but never had it. Sea urchin is amazing in my experience, but someone here on Lemmy said it was awful. It may be a preparation or freshness issue. I’d like to try sea cucumber.

            • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              9 hours ago

              I can see not liking sea urchin, personally I’m not big on it but it’s not, like, bad bad. Just not my thing.

              I’ve had sea cucumber several times and no, man, I encourage you to try it just so that you can share my pain. Cat was deeply eeh, don’t recommend, but sea cucumber is “I have dreams about how bad it is” levels of bad - and whats worse, people really do claim it’s a delicacy! So you can’t just duck under the table and hoark it all out onto your shoes without being rude.

              I’d rather snort lines of raw durian than eat sea cucumber again. Seriously if you ever get a chance go for it, it’s spectacularly horrible. You gotta try it.