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What if an island has no cats?

December 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Birds on remote islands are sometimes better off with cats than without them Part II of a two-part series.  See also When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits. Gough Island,  also in the South Atlantic,  never had any cats. “Today, the British-owned island,  described as the home of the most […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Pacific islands & other, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Babs McHugh, Clive Cookson, Dirk Hartog, Gregory Andrews, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf

When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits

December 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Purging cats from South Atlantic islands often harms birds more than helps them (Part I of a two-part series.  See also What if an island has no cats?)          LONDON,  U.K.––Fourteen years after declaring victory over feral cats on remote Ascension Island,  on behalf of sooty terns,  the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Other species, Pacific islands & other, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ben Dilley, Clive Cookson, Henry Fountain, Jim Reynolds, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sarah Knapton

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