PAPER: New Zealand shouldn't ignore feral cats

New Zealand shouldn't ignore feral cats

June 2017

Rouco C, De Torre-Ceijas R, Martin-Collado D, Byrom AE 2017. New Zealand Shouldn't Ignore Feral Cats. Bioscience 67(8): 685-685.

ABSTRACT

A letter to BioScience:

A publication in Nature (Owens 2017) attracted our attention recently. The article refers to the ambitious, arduous, and encouraging plan to remove invasive mammalian predators from New Zealand (NZ) by 2050 (PFNZ2050).

KEYWORDS

Invasive mammalian predators; PFNZ2050 plan; Feral cat control; Native ecosystem impacts; Public perception