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Cat predation on wildlife is the result of the natural ... and the Lyall's wren from New Zealand. ... Feral and pet cats in Australia are estimated to kill around 650 ...
Many pet cat owners in Australia let their cats outside at night. [8] Each pet cat in Australia kills an estimated 110 native animals each year; totalling up to about 80 million native birds, 67 million native mammals and 83 million native reptiles being killed by them annually. [8] Almost 30% of Australian households keep at least one ...
The impact of feral cats on species other than birds is not as well documented [13] although in 2010 the Department of Conservation discovered that a feral cat was responsible for killing over 100 endangered New Zealand short-tailed bats over a seven-day period in a forested area on the southern slope of Mount Ruapehu.
Feral cats in Australia kill over 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs, and 1.1 billion invertebrates each year. Predation by cats is a recognised threat to over 200 nationally threatened species, and 37 listed migratory species.
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.
New Zealand’s birds must love the ground. The round-faced kākāpō, also known as an owl parrot, is another species of endemic flightless bird, the only flightless parrot on Earth.
On Dec. 28, Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced the arrival of its newest resident: Gaia, an 8-month-old predatory feline belonging to a species known as the black-footed cat. Gaia is not yet fully grown ...
The quokka (/ ˈ k w ɒ k ə /) (Setonix brachyurus) [4] is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus Setonix. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. [5] The quokka's range is a small area of southwestern Australia.