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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

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