Mind control parasite now found in Oahu feral cats (neighborhood, schools)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Road to Hana every stop was starved looking cats waiting for tourists to give them whatever leftover fast food.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by Futuremauian

Good article, thanks for sharing!

It really is a good, interesting piece. More about the albatross than cats, obviously, for those who care to read through. New information for me. I had a meaningful interaction with an albatross once long ago, far far out at sea mid way between Hawaii and SE Asia. Had me thinking about Coleridge’s ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’.

Cool birds.

Feral house cats … not so much.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Road to Hana every stop was starved looking cats waiting for tourists to give them whatever leftover fast food.

There are places on dark roads at night around the islands where headlights reflect what seem to be the Milky Way fallen from the heavens … cats eyes … not marbles either.

[Futuremauian]

Some new info about the feral cat problem. A count is to be attempted.

Currently, 40,000 estimated on Maui, 300,000 on Oahu.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ef...3978dd74b72cc1

[Tulemutt]

300,000 is a lota vasectomies

[ManApplet]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

Mass killing of domesticated cats isn't a great solution.

Regardless - it should be stated that most birds in Hawaii are "invasive" and not native.

Everything is invasive until it is not anymore. Like Polynesians in HI and then the next crowd. Native Americans and then the rest. It never ends. "On the Origin of Species" anyone?

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by Futuremauian

Some new info about the feral cat problem. A count is to be attempted.

Currently, 40,000 estimated on Maui, 300,000 on Oahu.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ef...3978dd74b72cc1

40,000 across an island the size of Maui doesn’t sad bad.

300,000 on Oahu doesn’t sound close to right. If true then we must have 300,000,000 chickens running around. I rarely see feral cats - chickens are on a daily basis.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

40,000 across an island the size of Maui doesn’t sad bad.

300,000 on Oahu doesn’t sound close to right. If true then we must have 300,000,000 chickens running around. I rarely see feral cats - chickens are on a daily basis.

Try driving around the quiet streets and roads at night.

Then there’s the fact that cats tend strongly to be furtive and hidden … while chickens, are opposite.

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Try driving around the quiet streets and roads at night.

Then there’s the fact that cats tend strongly to be furtive and hidden … while chickens, are opposite.

I drive plenty at night and I don’t think it is even close we have more than 1 feral cat per 3 people on Oahu.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

I drive plenty at night and I don’t think it is even close we have more than 1 feral cat per 3 people on Oahu.

I wasn’t commenting on the 300,000 estimate (which I agree seems a bit hard to swallow) … I was responding to your experience that you “rarely see feral cats [on Oahu]” while seeing chickens on a daily basis.

Don’t know where you drive “plenty at night”. I’m guessing not in areas where there are lots of cats, obviously. I can take you to quite a number of areas where your headlights at night will illuminate a Milky Way at street level scene of glowing cats’ eyes. One example: try going down to the Arizona Memorial parking lots after closing in the dark. Turn right under the Ford Island bridge down to the Schooners Restaurant at the Navy’s Rainbow Bay marina (well, I think the restaurant is now called Restaurant 604). The whole several blocks of road is feral cat heaven, with nightly feedings by misguided cat lovers. Also try cruising down the dark roads over in the Ewa area. Arizona Road just past West Loch Estates is another fun one. So are the roads on-base JBPHH around the golf course.