Cai AEFS Reading 2021: One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine

TAKING NOTES:

Cats are serious problem for wildlife in Australia.
Roaming cats kills many wildlife per year.
Many Australian households have pet cats.
Most pet cats dont bring home the animals they killed.
Compare Roaming pet cats and feral cats
Pet owner keep cats inside 24 hours a day, give a good diet and use devices.
pets indoor have more benifits than pets ouside.

SUMMARY:

Cats are enormous problem for wildlife in Australia, which caused some Australia's mammal extinctions since 1788 and reducing population of many native species.

Both feral cats and pet cats kill many wildlife include reptiles, birds and mammals per year.

One-quarter of Australian households have pet cats. To protect wildlife, pet cats should better be kept in side. Only 15% of roaming pet cats bring their prey home.

An individual roaming pet cats kill more animals(186) than feral cats(748) per year in Australia. However, the high urban density of pet cats means they kill more animals than feral cats per square kilometre per year.

The human population grows and cities expand are threaten for wildlife.

To protect wildlife, pet owner should keep cats inside 24 hours a day and give cats a good diet, also use various devices on cats.

Keeping cats indoors can go a long way towards the benifits of cats from injury and diseases etc.

Personal Reflection:

Cats are threaten for wildlife in Australia. Pets owers should do something to protect wildlife and thier pet cats such as keeping pet cats indoor.