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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. It is protected and held in trust for society by governments or appropriate intergovernmental conventions (i.e.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. It isn’t like not killing the cat is in any way humane, considering the number of animals it will kill over time. For the same reason that other invasive do better than the natives, feral Cats outhunt native predators, and native prey are not as protected against them.