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I think at least one small town in New Zealand has banned domestic cats specifically because of the impact on flightless birds.
by williamcotton 3y ago
I think at least one small town in New Zealand has banned domestic cats specifically because of the impact on flightless birds.
- dj_gitmo 3y agoCats also devour New Zealand’s indigenous ground bats. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_lesser_short-tailed_bat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_lesser_short-tai... > The bat roosts are very vulnerable, as they contain more potential prey within a single area. If these roosts were found by a predator, they could experience mass mortality events; in one incident, 102 lesser short-tailed bat deaths were caused by a single house cat in central North Island.