A well-cared-for domestic cat – one of over 800,000 in New Zealand. But even a well-fed moggy will hunt native wildlife and it is not only birds that are at risk but also reptiles and insects. In one day's hunting a domestic cat has been seen to kill as many as twenty native skinks and geckos.
ROD MORRIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 35
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57A well-cared-for domestic cat – one of over 800,000 in New Zealand. But even a well-fed moggy will hunt native wildlife and it is not only birds that are at risk but also reptiles and insects. In one day's hunting a domestic cat has been seen to kill as many as twenty native skinks and geckos. ROD MORRIS Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 35
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