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Aussie feds inflated feral cat population 3 to 10 times to push cull policy

January 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

New study reports the findings but ignores their meaning          BRISBANE,  Australia––Normally,  if a major study discovers an alleged ecological problem to be just 10% as bad as was previously imagined,  one might expect celebration to follow. The researchers,  other experts,  nonprofit organizations,  and every politician who ever addressed the issue,  however transiently,  might be expected […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Editorials, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Barry Pullen, David Paton, Emily Hanna, Greg Hunt, Gregory Andrews, Merritt Clifton, Ric Nattrass, Sarah Legge

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

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