4.5 Million Feral Cats Cause Fear In Australia - Invasive Feral Cats | Invasive Species
Feral cats are invasive animals in Australia, brought by European colonists in the 18th century and still growing strongly. A new study finds that feral cats inhabit 99.8% of the continent. Wild cats are the same species as domestic cats, however they live and breed in the wild and survive by hunting or scavenging. They are found throughout Australia in all habitats, including forests, woodlands, grasslands, wetlands and arid areas.
They are the culprits responsible for the deaths of millions of native creatures. Cats have driven 27 native animal species to extinction since colonial times and currently threaten at least 124 other native species with extinction.
In fact, on average, cats kill nearly 3 million mammals , 1.67 million reptiles , 1.09 million birds , 26,000 frogs and nearly 3 million invertebrates every day. The statistics are scary and cats will continue to push species to extinction unless humans intervene.
Not only that, each stray cat in Australia consumes at least about 700 small animals in a year, such as anteaters, marsupials and other species native to this country. They can transmit infectious diseases to native animals, livestock and humans

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