quick facts: feral cats   

A feral cat

let me tell you about feral cats.

A feral cat showing defensive behavior.

Feral cat killing a native Australian cockatoo.

there are islands where feral cats have sometimes had a substantial and deleterious effect on the local fauna.

Feral cats can be effective hunters of small animals.

during the Age of Discovery, ships released rabbits onto islands to provide a future food source for other travelers.

they eventually multiplied out of control. cats were introduced to keep their numbers, and that of mice and rats, down.

Feral cat.

The Stephens Island Wren became extinct within two years of the introduction of cats to Stephens Island.

A clowder of feral cats.

no one wants those cats on their farm.

thank you.