Australian cats must be different from American cats in their mental attitudes. American cats when I was growing up were always out and about catching all kinds of critters, birds, snakes, rabbits, rats, mice, you name it, and bringing them home to enjoy at their leisure. But a few decades ago American cats realized that they didn't have to hunt for living and became human trainers instead. After a few generations of human training and brainwashing the American cats finally realized that they had finally achieved their dream goal of Feline Utopia, of being totally taken care of. No more getting up early in the morning and going to work in order to feed themselves. No more crawling around in the dark under some dusty dirty house trying to catch some distasteful rat. No more sweating in the hot sun waiting for a mouthful of feathers. They realized that they had so well trained the humans that they needn't do anything except look smug while waiting for the next meal. Thus the era of welfare cats is ushered in. Apparently, if what you say is true, Australian cats haven't devolved into welfare cats yet and are still working and doing a cats job. I hope this is true and you never have to endure the embarrassment of rats running, playing, reproducing faster than rabbits and eating your plants while in the midst of your cats.
