If you’ve been planning that long-awaited trek Way Down Underneath (Australia), here’s some exciting news from the New York Times: “It’s estimated that there are between 4 million and 12 million feral cats in Australia, the progeny of former house cats. Just in the Kimberley — a region of northwestern Australia that is about the size of California — feral cats are eating as many as 300 million small mammals, especially small nocturnal marsupials, a year.”
The result of such an invasion? “Scientists surveying native mammals in northern Australia, widely regarded as an oasis of biodiversity, report that they are finding it almost impossible to catch native mammals.” [NYT]
Is this just another example of Big Stupid Human Tricks? Of course it is.
G’day!
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