Conservation or politics? Australia's target to kill 2 million cats

Abstract The Australian Government's 5‐year Threatened Species Strategy contains four priority action areas and associated targets. Here, we argue that the well‐publicized target to cull 2 million feral cats has a weak scientific basis because: (1) reliable estimates of Australia's cat pop...

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Main Authors: Tim S. Doherty, Don A. Driscoll, Dale G. Nimmo, Euan G. Ritchie, Ricky‐John Spencer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Conservation Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12633