DNA points at feral cats after translocation failures

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DNA points at feral cats after translocation failures

Feral cats have been implicated in the deaths of reintroduced native mammals at two conservation sites in South Australia. Such predation can often mean failure for translocation programmes, say lead author, Dr Ned Ryan-Schofield of the University of Adelaide. Feral cats, house cats gone wild, kill an estimated 815 million animals each year throughout the Australian bush, 56% (456 million) of which are native species. Bush dining is al fresco, w…