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Real or Fake? 2 — page 5 — AUSTRALIA ORDERS CATS INDOORS REAL OR FAKE Pity Australia's house cats The government is asking that they please not go outdoors Ever It may seem crazy but the country has a good reason for keeping kitties inside They're killers When let loose the seemingly sweet purring pets pounce on Australia's native animals and eat them up So much so that some of the small mammal and bird species preyed upon by cats are now perilously close to extinction These species lived without cats until a few hundred years ago when European settlers brought them down under Since then the cats have exploded in number while the native critter numbers have dwindled So the solution says Australia's threatened species commissioner is extreme Keep cats indoors Perhaps even worse for the cats The curfew doesn't apply to dog's

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Real or Fake? 2 — page 7 — REAL HONEST ABE AUSTRALIA'S THREATENED SPECIES COMMISSIONER CAUSED A COMMOTION IN 2015 WHEN HE ANNOUNCED ALL CATS SHOULD BE KEPT INSIDE For now the 24 hour cat containment is only a request and not a law Some parts of Australia though do have a rule requiring any cat that goes outside be kept contained or on a leash

Real or Fake? 2 — page 8 — FUN FACT In the 1800s the Australian government released cats into the wild to CONTROL NON NATIVE RABBITS AND HOUSE MICE

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