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Letter: Catpocalypse for NZ feral creatures

Published 24 August 2016

From Merlin Reader

You report a plan to exterminate vermin to protect New Zealand's birds (30 July, p 7). Feral cats are also a major problem: are they included? And to prevent them becoming re-established, controlling the domestic cat population will be necessary.
London, UK

The editor writes:
• Feral cats : mentioning them in the policy announcement was described as “electorally impossible”.

Issue no. 3088 published 27 August 2016

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