Gavrilova Diana

Wild and stray cats kill about 75 million local animals every day. This threat to biodiversity has prompted the Australian government to announce that it will kill 2 million wild cats in five years, starting in 2015. As part of this campaign, officials plan to hook in the air force of drones capable of dropping poisoned cat bait onto Australian Christmas Island territory.
During flight tests last year, the Sky Hero drone delivered airborne cat lures that resemble breakfast links made from kangaroo meat. This verification test showed how drones can deliver cat bait to target areas three times cheaper than hiring manned light aircraft.
Starting next year, wildlife can use unmanned aerial vehicles to dump toxic bait as part of the final phase of the plan to destroy all the wild cats on Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory located 2,650 km northwest of Perth.
This may seem cruel to cat lovers. But wild cats have shown one of the deadliest threats to wildlife worldwide, contributing to at least 14 per cent of vertebrate extinction reported by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They first settled on Christmas Island during the first British settlement on the island in 1888, and have since become a serious threat to native island species that have never developed to deal with such predators.
Wildcats on Christmas Island often feed on indigenous species such as the emerald dove, hawk owl, gecko, and blind snake. This is why wildlife is chasing wild cats for extermination through a three-step programme. 
They have already completed the first two stages of the programme, banning the importation of new cats, using the veterinary programme for sterilisation and implantation of microchips for all domestic cats, and removing all stray or wild cats in residential, commercial areas.
The Sky Hero drone was tested in preparation for the third phase of the plan. Equipped with eight motors, the drone carried non-toxic bait with 30 sausages during each test flight lasting from 8 to 14 minutes. Despite the relatively short flight duration, the drone was able to carry out three bait dumps in each of the five test sites on Christmas Island.
In general, test throws were considered successful: about 88 per cent of 448 baits fell in areas where theoretically cats could get them. "The return of neutered wild cats to the environment so that they continue to kill animals would be inhuman and unjustified, more humane to euthanise," - said in the frequently asked questions of the Australian government.
“Catching, sterilising and releasing can be stressful for millions of wild cats that are transported as wild animals in cages in remote and hot conditions, thousands of kilometers away for sterilisation, and then return to the wild.” That's why the Australian authorities see the only way out to sleep in this way.

--Pravda.ru