10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
While his poem was about the dubious nature of boundaries kept in check by surly New England yankees, the sentiment holds true in Hawaii, at least. Part of the threat to the birds’ existence has been ravaging by feral cats , which eat both adults and chicks alike. Sounds something like a win-win.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2018
In particular, a captive-breeding program (1960-2011) likely saved the species from imminent extinction (2,800 were released) and expanded the range of the species to islands where they had been extirpated. predator control, habitat management for feral ungulates and nonnative plants).
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