Why Australia needs to kill cats
- Written by John Read, Associate Lecturer, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide
Introduced cats are a key threat to 123 of Australia’s threatened species.
The management of cats is challenging and divisive; many options such as rehoming, trap-neuter-release and euthanasia have been used around the world with varying success.
Australia’s recent commitment to killing 2 million feral cats to protect its native...