where did the term cats game come from
Cat Perhaps the best known element of cats' hunting behavior, which is commonly misunderstood and often appalls cat owners because it looks like torture, is that cats often appear to "play" with prey by releasing it after capture. This behavior is due to an instinctive imperative to ensure that the prey is weak enough to be killed without endangering the cat.[174] This behavior is referred to in the idiom "cat-and-mouse game" or simply "cat and mouse".
Cats in Australia Historical records date the introduction of cats to Australia at around 1804 and that cats first became feral around Sydney by 1820.[1] In the early 1900s, concern was expressed at the pervasiveness of the cat problem [2]