Tag: feral cats
Street life ain’t easy for a stray cat, with most dying before they turn 1. So what’s the best way to deal with them?
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Odds are, if you’ve seen a cat prowling around your neighbourhood, it doesn’t have an owner. Australia is home to hordes of...
Australia’s threatened species plan has failed on several counts. Without change, more extinctions are assured
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Australia is globally renowned for its abysmal conservation record – in roughly 230 years we’ve overseen the extinction of more mammal species than...
Cats carry diseases that can be deadly to humans, and it’s costing Australia $6 billion every year
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Toxoplasmosis, cat roundworm and cat scratch disease are caused by pathogens that depend on cats — pets or feral — for...
One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine
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We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three billion animals per...
Cats are not scared off by dingoes. We must find another way to protect native animals
New research suggests feral cats can probably outsmart dingoes.
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Feral cats are wreaking havoc on our native wildlife, eating more than a billion...