Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests. But cats, both pets and feral, also kill many native animals and this toll can be enormous. Cats have been remarkably successful in Australia, spreading pervasively across the continent and many islands, occurring in all environments, and proving to be adept and adaptable hunters. A large proportion of Australia’s distinctive fauna is threatened and recent research highlights the significant role that cats play in the decline and extinction of native species. Cats in Australia brings this research together, documenting the extent to which cats have subverted, and are continuing to subvert, Australia’s biodiversity. But the book does much more than spotlight the impacts of cats on Australian nature. It describes the origins of cats and their global spread, their long-standing and varying relationship with people, their global impacts and their ecology. It also seeks to describe the challenge of managing cats, and the options available to constrain their impacts.
For decades large cat-like animals - predominantly black - have been seen all over the country. This title traces the history of these mysterious animals from the 1800s to the present day, sifting through hundreds of reports.
Cat Wars tells the story of the threats free-ranging cats pose to biodiversity and public health throughout the world, and sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the management of the explosion of these cat populations.
La 4e de couverture indique: "A discussion of the impact of cats, their relationship with people, and their management.
In Among the Pigeons he balances the allure of indoor cats with the animal welfare, human health, and conservation issues they create when allowed to roam.
Overview of the Impacts of Feral Cats on Australian Native Fauna
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Tackling the Feral Cat Pandemic: A Plan to Save Australian Wildlife : Report of the Inquiry Into the Problem of...
This book will make a unique and treasured gift for Flinders fans, Trim fans and cat lovers around the world.
Parasitic Diseases of the Cat in Australia
Yet in the end, All My Cats is a book about Hrabal’s relationship to nature, about the unlikely sources of redemption that come to him unbidden, like a gift from the cosmos—and about love.