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Secrets of Marion Island: what NatGeo didn’t tell you

December 18, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Seabird recovery project haunted by ghosts of cats, in the form of voracious mice             CAPE TOWN––National Geographic writer Leslie Nemo omitted two of the most ecologically significant facts about the Marion Island Special Nature Reserve from her December 14,  2018 online feature “Saving a remote island’s birds—by getting rid of its mice.”              Lauding […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Population control, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ben Dilley, Leslie Nemo, Louise Holton, Merritt Clifton, Otto Whitehead, Peter Wolf, Ross Wanless

Mystery marine toxo host kills sea mammals; cats wrongly blamed

October 22, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Toxoplasma gondii finding in beluga whales points same way as sea otter and monk seal studies––& not toward cats             MONTREAL––A new study widely publicized for allegedly linking domestic cats to losses of endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River estuary actually shows almost the opposite,  read in context––and contributes to a growing stack of […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Canada, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Fish, Habitat, Marine life, Science, Sea otters, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, David Yurkowski, Gloeta Massie, Jitender P. Dubey, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Robert Michaud, Stéphane Lair

“Rabies roulette” in Tampa: the odds favor TNR

June 16, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

You are 32,250 times more likely to hit double zero than to meet a rabid cat in Hillsborough County          TAMPA,  Florida––With the 2016 final numbers yet to be reported by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,  the lowest annual total of rabid cats ever found in the U.S. came in 2015,  the second lowest […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Christy Layton, Don Thompson, Ellen Alence, Gary Richter, Katie Thompson, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sherry Silk, Steve Andrews

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

Culling cats increases the feral population, Australian study finds

April 11, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

HOBART, Tasmania, Australia––Perhaps the strongest scientific support yet for one of the key presumptions behind neuter/return feral cat control has emerged from a 13-month study by Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries biologist Billie Lazenby and two colleagues. Expecting to validate the use of lethal culling, Lazenby and fellow researchers N.J. Mooney, and C.R. Dickman instead […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Population control, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Billie Lazenby, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf

CDC safety scandals & the legacy of former star scientist Charles Rupprecht

March 24, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

ATLANTA––The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention during the third week of March 2015 quietly posted a highly critical report of itself by an outside panel of biosecurity and safety experts. The CDC at the same time issued a public statement accepting 20 specific recommendations for improvement. “Leadership commitment toward safety has been inconsistent […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Feral animals, Feral cats, Lab animals, Rabies, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Security, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control, Charles Rupprecht, Marc Selenger, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Tom Friedan, Vox Felina

The poop on deer, cats & Toxoplasma gondi

December 26, 2014 by Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton CLEVELAND, Ohio––Deer don’t eat cats, or cat poop, but that did not stop the American Bird Conservancy from alleging in a December 23, 2014 media release that feral cats are the “likely source” of the parasite Toxoplasma gondi, discovered in about 60% of the 444 deer and 65% of the 200 cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Deer & other horned species, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Hunted species, Predators, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: American Bird Conservancy, Gregory Ballash, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, Vox Felina

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