Petition updateSave Our Native Wildlife: Amend the Cat ActHow one cat extinguished crucial fairy tern nesting ground in Mandurah
Elizabeth SprivulisCottesloe, Australia
Feb 25, 2020

If you think confining cats is extreme, think again. In just a few weeks, the cat managed to almost singlehandedly drive off the entire nesting colony of 220 birds, according to a study from Greenwell and her colleagues in the journal Animals. The cat was directly or indirectly responsible for the death of six adults and 40 chicks. Once it became clear the sanctuary was no longer safe, the entire colony abandoned

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