The annual hunt, open to children and adult participants, mainly targets New Zealand’s large feral cat population though ... and wildlife as they prey on their native birds, lizards, bats ...

We would use field evidence like animal spoor, carcass remains, or bite marks on collars to guess whether it was feral cats, birds of prey ... were needed to confirm cat predation.

A controversial feral-cat-killing competition for children in New Zealand has been canceled. Charities had warned of the "incredibly high" risk of domestic cats being accidentally killed.

If a cat eats the mammal, it is likely to swallow the implant, because cats usually eat the whole bodies of their prey. Once the ... groups believe that killing feral cats is inhumane, but Brewer ...

Feral and free-roaming cats can be a neighborhood nuisance and a bane for wildlife populations, with estimates that billions of songbirds have fallen prey to cats each year. Cats have a natural ...

A contest planned for children to hunt and kill feral cats in New Zealand has been ... it was “both pleased and relieved” that the cat-killing contest for children had been removed.

A contest planned for children in New Zealand to hunt and kill feral cats as part of a drive ... was “both pleased and relieved” that the cat-killing contest for children had been removed.

Feral cats have long been suspects in killing native species reintroduced ... on collars to guess whether it was feral cats, birds of prey, fox, or if they just died a natural death.