00:00It's hard to believe something so cute and fluffy
00:05could become a potentially ruthless predator.
00:09But that's the reality of owning a cat that some owners don't want to face.
00:14The amount of times I hear people that are cat owners that think they're responsible
00:17but would say to us regularly that there's no way my cat's out there hunting because I feed it.
00:22Cats are cats. They're way smarter than humans.
00:25And it's what they do. It's what cats do.
00:28So, $6 million from the Environmental Trust will expand a pilot program
00:34that's been encouraging owners to keep their feline friends inside.
00:38In conjunction with the RSPCA, it's also performed more than 2,500 de-sexing procedures targeting strays.
00:46What it's meant is that there are just less roaming cats in places like the Blue Mountains and Campbelltown
00:52and also far west of New South Wales.
00:55The Greens have proposed legislation so that owners who fail to contain their cats can be fined,
01:01starting at just $11 but getting higher for repeat offenders.
01:05This notion that cats can just freely roam around communities and neighbourhoods, it's just got to end.
01:13Cats have been getting a free pass for a heck of a long time.
01:16I don't think that's necessarily the way that we actually get the behaviour change that we want.
01:20I think that the people's passion for their cats is such that education programs work really well.
01:26It's not just about saving wildlife. Containing cats is also about saving them from dangers outside the home,
01:32like cars and other pets.
01:35Your cat is likely to live on average 10 years longer if it's contained on your property.
01:41They may have nine lives, but sometimes cats still need to be saved from themselves.
01:50The twins are about their cats and what they can't beaćent for the ones.
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