Cat damage
Masterton
Robert McLean
In response to Ken Catt’s article "Should Felix Take The Rap" (May), I observed cats moving into a conservation area near our family farm on the Hawke’s Bay coast. In one year I killed 40 cats. The next year or so bellbirds nested around the house and tui raised some young. The 25hectare reserve has been possum-baited now for nearly two years. The results: huge fruit sources available and a noticeable increase in pigeon, tui and bellbird.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 3
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