https://theconversation.com/australia-must-control-its-killer-cat-problem-a-major-new-report-explains-how-but-doesnt-go-far-enough-154931

          Australia must control its killer cat problem. A major new report explains how, but doesn’t go far enough.

• Australia must control its killer cat problem. 
• Cats kill a staggering of Australia’s 34 mammal extinctions. 
• 65 native mammal species can’t persist, in places with even very low numbers of cats or foxes.
• Ecologists for many years researching Australia’s cat dilemma.
•  Strategies :pet cat registration, subsidised programs for early age desexing, public education pet cat ownership, and rules and legislation nationally.
•  Australia have prevented 13 mammal species from going extinct, such as boodies and greater stick-nest rats.  

          SUMMARY.

    While cats make excellent pets and can bring emotional, psychological and health benefits to the owners, animals are a plague to native wildlife. The report reiterates the need to cull wild cats and set new targets for culling, without specifying which targets. We agree that culling is important, especially in sites where wildlife is threatened and extremely vulnerable.