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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”. Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp.,

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

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But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In some regions of the world, the carnivore landscape is taken up by many different cats at the middle and larger range, and by things like civets and mongoose at the smaller end.

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The Dracula Bird

10,000 Birds

This species was once restricted to North America’s Great Plains, where they followed herds of American Bison, eating both the seeds in their dung and the creatures that bison’s trampling brought into the open. In contrast, the Brown-headed Cowbird is a same-continent invasive species. Starling -numerous.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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Clapper Rails are common but rarely seen birds across the islands and on my own island are common in a range of habitats that may surprise readers used to seeing them in wetlands in North America.