Tag: Pet cats
Australia must control its killer cat problem. A major new report explains how, but doesn’t go far enough
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Australia is teeming with cats. While cats make great pets, and can bring owners emotional, psychological and health benefits, the animals are a scourge...
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...