Book Review: Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer.

Cats have been introduced to an estimated 10,000 (5 percent) of Earth’s islands. Felix Medina’s meta-analysis of the feline impact on island biodiversity concluded cats have caused a population decline, reduction in geographic distribution, or extinctions of 175 species of reptiles, birds, and mammals.

https://www.islandconservation.org/cat-wars-devastating-consequences-cuddly-killer/

Posted on December 21, 2018 02:09 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1

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Thanks for this! Such a great issue. I'll put it on my reading list :)
I wish it was as simple a solution as "education". However, as with many things, the emotional brain often refuses the science. I have a neighbor who does TNR is the neighborhood, just a few miles from our National Park (Cabrillo). It drives me insane. We now have 5 ferals in the park. I do wild life rehab and have pre-release aviaries in my yard. Despite an array of booby traps, I get neighborhood and feral cats visits every night and loose birds to midnight panics every year.
Here is another great report from Reveal News of TNR and conservation:
https://www.revealnews.org/article/who-let-the-cats-out/

Posted by patsimpson2000 over 5 years ago

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