INTRODUCTION Subantarctic Campbell Island (52 S, 169 E), the southernmost of the outlying islands of New Zealand, is a Nature Reserve for the preservation of flora and fauna. It has been heavily modified by man and introduced animals and was farmed from before the turn of the century until 1931. The date cats (Felis catus) were introduced to Campbell Island is not known, but they were probably ...

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Abstract Feral and free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are invasive predators throughout the world. In some areas, occur in higher densities than native mammalian can have severe effects upon prey populations. We set 48 wildlife game cameras residential yards Arkansas, USA, to evaluate which landscape yard features influenced cat abundance occurring yards. addition, we quantified daily act...

Invasive predators are a critical driver of global biodiversity loss • Invasive predators (particularly feral cats and foxes) are the cause of many native mammal extinctions throughout Australia •Well established predators cannot be eradicated due to the cost •One method to protect threatened species is exclusion fencing • Although fences are predator proof, breaches occasionally occur (tree fa...

A 58-year-old male with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis presents with right lower extremity cellulitis, abdominal tenderness, and severe sepsis after sustaining puncture injury from a cactus on a property with feral cats. Blood cultures and diagnostic paracentesis were consistent with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus found in t...

The more than 50,000 species of plants, animals, and microbes introduced into the United States (US) cause more extinction of native species than most any other threat and cause more than $120 billion in damages and control costs each year. In particular, invasive mammals and birds cause major environmental and economic losses totaling about $46 billion per year in damage and control costs per ...