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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 · They pose an especially acute threat in Australia, which has no native feline species but is home to a menagerie of slow-to-reproduce, snack-size mammals. “Cats are just catastrophic,” said ...

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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 · On a yearly average, an estimated 2.8 million feral cats roam the continent, but according to John Woinarski, a conservation biologist at Charles Darwin University and co-author of the book Cats ...

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

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   Aug 12, 2022 · While it’s impossible to do precise head count, scientists estimate Australia is home to 6.5 million cats. Most are domestic pets, but approximately 2.8 million are feral cats living in the wild ...

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

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   Feb 10, 2021 · Over the past two decades, Australia has slowly woken up to the damage cats cause to nature. This has led to more research, management and policy to address the problem. Some state governments, environment groups and scientists have worked hard to develop feral cat control options, and the 2015 Australian Threatened Species Strategy did much to ...

6. www.smh.com.au › environment › conservationThe staggering death toll of roaming pet cats finally revealed

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   Laura Chung. Domestic cats will kill more than a quarter of a billion native animals in Greater Sydney and Melbourne during the next four years unless stricter pet regulations are introduced. New ...

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

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   Feb 23, 2022 · When they find a cat, they set off after it, catch it and quickly dispatch it. “The ladies are pretty fit, they’ve got a lot of stamina, and they’re very motivated to catch the cat, so they just run them down on foot,” Rachel says. They record, weigh and measure the cat’s stomach contents, then cook the cat on a fire.

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   How many cats live in Australia?

   • While it’s impossible to do precise head count, scientists estimate Australia is home to 6.5 million cats. Most are domestic pets, but approximately 2.8 million are feral cats living in the wild. Their hunting prowess is truly staggering.

   It’s time Australia recognised cats and their impact as a major

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   How many feral cats are in Australia?

   • We need to confront the toll taken by feral cats, but also have an upfront conversation about pet cats and their own devastating hunting practices. While it’s impossible to do precise head count, scientists estimate Australia is home to 6.5 million cats. Most are domestic pets, but approximately 2.8 million are feral cats living in the wild.

   It’s time Australia recognised cats and their impact as a major

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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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   Are feral cats a threat to Australian Wildlife?

   • (Image credit: Adam Ferguson) 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”.

   When cats are not so cute - Australian Geographic

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9. 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 · However, new technology developed by the University of South Australia (UniSA) may provide a targeted method for controlling invasive feral cats. “Feral cats present a catastrophic threat for Australia’s wildlife as they occur across more than 99 percent of Australia’s land area and kill more than 815 million mammals each year, the ...