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1. www.nytimes.com › australia-wildlife-catsIn Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’ - The New York ...

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   Apr 16, 2024 · In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’ - The New York Times. Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters,...

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3. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › australiasAustralia's Cats Kill Two Billion Animals Annually. Here's ...

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   Mar 17, 2021 · Every year, feral cats kill 1.4 billion native Australian animals—around the same number that died in the catastrophic 2019-20 bushfires when more than 73,000 square miles burned.

4. www.theguardian.com › commentisfree › 2022It’s time Australia recognised cats and their impact as a ...

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   Aug 12, 2022 · It’s time Australia recognised cats and their impact as a major environmental issue. Trent Zimmerman. Domestic cats destroy over one million native animals a day – but Australians still find...

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5. www.australiangeographic.com.au › topics › wildlifeWhen cats are not so cute - Australian Geographic

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   • Traditional Baiting and Trapping Don’T Work
   • Will The Problem of Feral Cats Ever Be Solved?

   Cats have had a devastating impact on our native wildlife. The federal government’s Threatened Species Strategy reports that “the scientific evidence is unequivocal that feral cats are one of the greatest threats to Australia’s land-based mammals”. Since European colonisation, Australia has lost 33 mammal species, including the long-tailed hopping-...

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   Katherine and John are certainly ecologists with a history of thinking outside the box when it comes to feral cats – and they need to be. Neither shooting, baiting nor trapping are entirely effective because cats are wily creatures adept at hiding, rarely approach traps and prefer catching live prey to scavenging baits. Baits such as Eradicat have ...

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   Cat control has definitely saved at least a dozen native mammals from extinction, including the greater stick-nest rat, burrowing bettong and western barred bandicoot. “Some really important victories recently have demonstrated that we’re becoming much more capable of dealing with cats,” John Woinarski says. “There’s no single current foolproof sol...

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6. science.anu.edu.au › news-events › newsAustralia must control its killer cat problem. A major new ...

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   Feb 10, 2021 · Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and threaten at least 120 species with extinction. Five experts analyse a parliamentary report on the problem.

7. www.earth.com › news › feral-cats-are-a-catastrophicFeral cats are a "catastrophic threat" to Australia’s wildlife

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   Dec 1, 2021 · Feral cats threaten the survival of over 100 native species in Australia and have caused the extinction of a large number of small to medium-sized mammal species and ground-dwelling birds.

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   Is the unorthodox approach to tackling Australia's feral cat problem working?

   • Katherine and her colleagues have been trialling their unorthodox approach here for six years and indications are it may be working. She and husband Dr John Read, an ecologist, have a reputation for generating innovative solutions for addressing Australia’s catastrophic feral cat problem.

   When cats are not so cute - Australian Geographic

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   How many animals do feral cats kill in Australia?

   • The final report found that every year, each individual feral cat in Australia kills 390 mammals, 225 reptiles and 130 birds. That adds up. Every year, feral cats kill 1.4 billion native Australian animals—around the same number that died in the catastrophic 2019-20 bushfires when more than 73,000 square miles burned.

   Australia's Cats Kill Two Billion Animals Annually. Here's How the

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   Are cats just catastrophic?

   • “Cats are just catastrophic,” said John Read, an ecologist at the University of Adelaide and Dr. Moseby’s husband. The two founded Arid Recovery in 1997. Since European settlers, and their cats, began arriving in Australia in the late 18th century, at least 34 species of native mammals have gone extinct.

   In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’ - The New York Times

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   Why is Australia teeming with cats?

   • Australia is teeming with cats. While cats make great pets, and can bring owners emotional, psychological and health benefits, the animals are a scourge on native wildlife. Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and have played a major role in most of Australia’s 34 mammal extinctions.

   Australia must control its killer cat problem. A major new report

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9. www.bbc.com › news › world-australia-64806771Can Australia curb its killer cats? - BBC News

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   Mar 11, 2023 · Australia has a cat problem. Its population of just over eight million feral and domestic cats are thought to kill billions of native creatures each year, many endangered. Advertisement. For...