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Should Australians have to keep pet cats indoors?
Two-thirds of Australians support banning pet cats from roaming. Researchers say a ban would save millions of native animals – and billions of dollars.
Tag: feral cats
News
Feather boas lure feral cats, study finds
Just like their domesticated counterparts, it turns out feral cats can’t resist playing with a dangling feather boa.
News
Cats away! Now the mice can play
An intensive program to remove feral cats has paved the way for the first reintroduction of a critically endangered native mouse species in New South Wales.
Science & Environment
“A diabolical problem needing radical answers”: when cats are not so cute
Millions of feral moggies devour billions of native Australian animals each year, bringing species to the edge of extinction.
Science & Environment
Beach-nesting birds are under attack and they need our help
Ecologist Claire Greenwell has dedicated her life to studying fairy terns, an endangered seabird. Now, she’s calling for the protection of other beach-nesting bird under threat.
When a single cat wiped out an entire colony of fairy terns: Claire Greenwell
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Science & Environment
The long-nosed potoroo outsmarts and lives alongside cats
A new study has found that long-nosed potoroos are capable of co-existing with a deadly predator.
Wildlife
Feral cats are taking advantage of the ecological crisis caused by the bushfires
Feral cats will travel many kilometres outside their home ranges to burnt areas to prey on vulnerable native animals exposed by bushfires.