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Barry Green (born 1951 or 1952) [1] also known by his nickname "Cat Man", is an Australian feral cat trapper on Kangaroo Island and self-described conservationist of native Australian wildlife, which is threatened by feral cats both directly through predation [1] [2] and indirectly through transmission of diseases including sarcocystis and toxoplasmosis, which also affect livestock.
They are equally capable of hunting day and night. A male fisher can range up to 30 square miles, so these travelers can show up anywhere at anytime. They are equally capable of hunting day and night.
The majority of cat owners agreed that cats should not remain inside to prevent them from hunting. Many cat owners were more concerned about an individual cat's safety than their predation on other animals. [4] Cat-exclusion zones (CEZ) have been proposed in conservation areas where certain species are vulnerable to predation by cats.
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Cats are believed to have been a factor in the extinction of the only mainland bird species to be lost since European settlement, the paradise parrot. [18] Cats in Australia have no natural predators except dingoes and wedge-tailed eagles, and as a result, they are apex predators where neither the dingo nor the eagle exists. [19]
A strong, large animal can easily kick and injure the predator from this angle. A social predator can use the standing throat clamp much more easily because there can be other individuals on the back of the prey, stopping it from kicking, which could lead to collapse, or using a throat clamp periodically to tire the animal out.
Persistence predators can hunt prey many times their size. No extant members of Archelosauria are known to be long-distance hunters, though various bird species may employ speedy pursuit predation. Living crocodilians and carnivorous turtles are specialized ambush predators and rarely if ever chase prey over great distances.
Cats hunt small prey, primarily birds and rodents, [134] and are often used as a form of pest control. [135] [136] Other common small creatures, such as lizards and snakes, may also become prey. [137] Cats use two hunting strategies, either stalking prey actively, or waiting in ambush until an animal comes close enough to be captured. [138]