Premier Campbell Newman on talkback radio about legislation to desex dogs and cats:

From an online source:

"Today I asked Premier Newman (on talk back radio) what was being done to introduce Legislation for the mandatory de-sexing of companion animals. (Well on listening back, I accidentally said 'euthanasia'!! but thankfully I was corrected and restated my desire to see mandatory de-sexing and limits to the amount of breeding allowed by registered breeders... I guess the thought of all the dead animals was stuck in my head)

Newman's answer: "I think the real problem is with cats. I, I, I haven't heard of any real problems associated with dogs... But cats I think um, there is a bit of an argument there, because of the ones that do end up on the wild and ... end up preying on native vegetation. I think the previous government put in place mandatory cat registration, which is absolutely useless... We wont be continuing that at all... I don't know that I necessarily agree with what you've just said..."

Can I take it to mean that P. Newman is quite happy with the tens of thousands of animals euthanized every year due to over-breeding?"