Dingoes play a key role in the conservation of Australian outback ecosystems by suppressing feral cat populations, a UNSW Sydney study has found.
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2019
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The Australian government's target of killing 2 million feral cats by 2020 attracted significant public interest and media attention when it was unveiled in 2015.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2019
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Accurate numbers are the cat's pyjamas when it comes to solving the current cat population crisis. But measuring the feline population has been difficult, until now.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2018
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Researchers have found that cats in Australia are most likely descended from those brought by European settlers. Feral cats found on the islands surrounding Australia may represent founding populations from Europe, introduced ...
Evolution
Dec 3, 2015
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Local wildlife ecologists have analysed research into feral cat habitat use from around the world in a bid to better manage the pest, which is one of the major threats to biodiversity globally.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Limiting the dingo and wild dog population has no negative effect on wildlife, according to new research.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2014
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New research from Tufts University scientists shows that feral cats that undergo a vasectomy or hysterectomy could reduce a feral colony's numbers more effectively than the traditional approach of neutering. This may be because ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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The contentious phenomenon of identity politics isn't limited to Democrats and Republicans. A national survey shows that "cat people" and "bird people" have heated differences of opinion, complicating the challenge of managing ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2011
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