4 places where domestic cats are totally banned
Svalbard: is probably the best-known place on the planet where domestic cats are entirely banned to protect wildlife. The main town in this remote archipelago (a cluster of islands) is …
feral cat predation
Cat owners are unconcerned about wildlife predation by their cats
There is a lot of talk nowadays about the killing of small mammals, marsupials and reptiles plus birds by unsupervised domestic cats outdoors, stray cats and feral cats. This topic …
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What is the hunting success rate of feral cats?
If you search the Internet for an answer to the question in the title, be prepared to be misled. I will explain what I mean. People expect to find a …
Example of how a journalist carelessly distorts information on domestic and feral cat predation
I think that this is important. I have been digging around because I know that journalists writing for respected websites including news media website often distort the facts. They make …
Complex interplay between Australia’s feral cats, invasive rabbits and native mammals
There is a confusing (to me) and complex interplay between the feral cats on the Australian continent, the rabbits upon which they prey, and the conservation of precious native mammals. …
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Hypocritical Australians are the most destructive non-native species on their continent
I’ve recently been doing research on whether owning a caracal is illegal in Australia (I shouldn’t have bothered). It was very hard research because the documentation provided by Australian administrations …
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3 reasons why cats play with their prey, apparently torturing them
There are 3 reasons why domestic cats apparently torture their prey by playing with them. I list and discuss them here. It is a form of feline behaviour which at …
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New Zealand news media reports that one feral cat regurgitated 28 whole lizards! True?
NEWS AND COMMENT-NEW ZEALAND: The website stuff.co.nz have published an article in which they attack the feral cat, which I see a lot of because they don’t like their feral …
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Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.
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