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Government is introducing laws to prevent charities from misusing funds (eg, giving free catfood to litterbugs to create pest problem). Misguided organizations/ people oppose this. Please explain your situation to them.
Here are some contacts: service@ourcommunity.com.au; admin@probonoaustralia.com.au; ucaremail@nat.unitingcare.org.au; lenore.taylor@theguardian.com; roj.amedi@justiceconnect.org.au; lifematters@abc.net.au
Ask the litterbugs which charity is helping them. Lodge a complaint with Fair Trading in your State/Territory and ACNC. Lodge a police complaint when you are threatened with assault for cleaning the mess. Keep photos and log of dates/times/locations of littering.
a rich property-owner owning multiple Lakemba properties lays cat-traps then pays a vet to euthase every trapped stray cat. To ensure safety against dangerous diseases transmitted by stray cats to tenants.
The cat-feeder is not a resident. A gang of strangers organized over a private Facebook group to take turns dropping-off cat-food at pre-selected spots in several suburbs. They listen to nobody and are very aggressive.
Council officers can issue fines.under sections under 145 and 145A Protection of the Environment (Operations) Act 1997 (NSW). section 145A(2) states that aggravation means circumstances in which the litter deposited by the alleged offender (a) caused or contributed to appreciable danger or harm to any persons, animals, premises or property,
Pests attracted by cat-food are an appreciable danger to people due to dangerous diseases transmitted by pests to people. The Cat Protection Society’s audit report admits this.
The majority of cats and kittens coming to us are strays without access to clean water and food, so it is not surprising that we saw 201 cases of coccidia, 138 of campylobacter, 109 of giardia and 18 cases of salmonella (please note one cat can be a ‘case’ in multiple categories, eg have both giardia and campylobacter). Faecal screens also revealed 205 cases of roundworm, five cases of tapeworm, four cases of flatworm and 31 cases of hookworm.
Convince your strata committee to create a strata garden plan that repel stray cats / pests. It value-adds to units that can then be advertised as a premium clean pest-free environment.
1. many varieties of beautiful red hot chillis + cayenne are superb for repelling stray cats. Absolutely no catnip because cats love it.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-chili-pepper-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/growing-cayenne-peppers.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/chili-pepper-companion-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/chili-peppers-not-hot.htmhttps://davidsuzuki.org/queen-of-green/keep-cats-garden/
2. other beautiful plants repel cats. eg, The lawn can be replaced with lemongrass and citronella grass. With rosemary all around the perimeter.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/cat-repellent.htm
3. beautiful plants to repel insects.
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/pest-management-plants/9427576
https://www.treehugger.com/plants-that-repel-unwanted-insects-4864336Local Councils are full of politics that can be harnessed for proper results. Facts:
1. The Mayor runs the Council: he hires and fires staff and orders them what to do or not do.
2. The Mayor is one of many Councillor and elected by the other Councillors as their leader.
3. If the Mayor refuses to direct the Council police (called Rangers) to fine rat-feeders (for aggravated littering under sections 45 and 45A Protection of the Environment (Operations) Act (NSW)), then contact ALL other Councillors to inform them of the Mayor’s mismanagement.
4. Provide photographs of the cat-food + written records of the location, time and date (yeah tedious but necessary). You need evidence to convince the other Councillors.
5. If anyone fell sick due to pests, persuade him/her to send their medical certificate to all the Councillors.
Above all, do share your success stories on this web-site to encourage others to take firm, determined, and relentless organized actions against the pest plagues that endanger our health. May we all succeed together.
One person replied that he knew of no Government grant. A rat-feeder personally assured me that his charity was very well funded with large Government grants, tax breaks and public donations – all illegal.
Every time I see cat-food on the pavement, I always see cockroaches, ants, flies, midges, slugs, centipedes, rats, mice, snails, ibis and ravens eating the cat-food. Very rarely do I see cats eating cat-food on the pavement. Further, cats who receive free food never bother to hunt rats or mice. Only starving cats hunt.
The term “cat-feeders” is false, misleading and deceptive. I call these people RAT-feeders.
RAT-feeders (who believe they are feeding cats but in fact, creating a pest nuisance) are organized into a charitable society/ association. They receive significant taxation benefits, generous public donations and probably huge Government grants.
Creation of a PEST problem and spreading of dangerous diseases that pose a danger to public health. Therefore, their activities are a misuse of charitable funds. Their activities are not a charitable purpose.
We should altogether complain to the NSW Premier and ACNC (Australia’s Charity Commissioner).
Once Government funding is cut off, the charitable society/ association is deregistered, and its mischievous trustees are blacklisted (so they cannot set up another charitable society/ association). I believe this menace can be considerably reduced.
The question is: WHAT is the name of the charitable society/ association whose members are abusing their privileges by harassing us, the general public ?