> Cats have been a driving factor in the extinction of most of the 34 mammals that have gone extinct in Australia I wonder, how many mammals have gone extinct

> Cats have been a driving factor in the extinction of most of the 34 mammals that have gone extinct in Australia I wonder, how many mammals have gone extinct due to humans being the biggest driving factor? A quick search turns up: "[Australia lost] 50 animal and 60 plant species in the past 200 years [with] the highest rate of mammalian extinction in the world over that period" [0] According to the same article, main pressures faced by native plants and animals are: - Habitat loss and degradation - Climate change - Land use practices - Invasive plant and animal species I suppose the "trapping, shooting, and even dropping poisoned sausages" to kill feral cats are aiming to address this last point. As a cat lover, it hurts to hear this - but I also understand that 2 million feral cats can ravage the local ecology.. --- [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-national-disgrace-australias-extinction-crisis-is-unfolding-in-plain-sight https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-nation...