It’s not fresh news that cats are a significant problem for wildlife in Australia. We have known this for a very long time, but the problem is growing. This year the Federal Government announced a new abatement plan for predation by feral cats, reporting that feral cats kill over 1.5 billion native mammals, birds,…
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT … CATS
KILLER CATS Just like the parents of Kevin in the well-known novel and movie, cat owners often find it difficult to accept that their pet cat is, well, let’s face it, a serial killer. According to a recent CSIRO publication, Cats in Australia: Companion and Killer[1], it’s not just feral cats[2] that create a problem…