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Cats do "monstrous amounts of damage" to bird life, says a local conservation group.
A conservation group looking to bring native birds back to a Canterbury town have welcomed council plans for expand rules around cat ownership.
The Ashburton District Council is proposing a requirement for cats over four months old to be microchipped, registered and desexed.
Methven and Foothills Birdsong Initiative went to the district's biodiversity advisory group in February last year calling for the council to introduce a cat management policy.
