Cats in Australia : companion and killer

Resource Information

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Label

Cats in Australia : companion and killer

Title remainder

companion and killer

Statement of responsibility

John C.Z. Woinarski, Sarah M. Legge and Chris R. Dickman

Creator

• Woinarski, J. C. Z., (John Casimir Zichy), 1955-

Contributor

• Dickman, Chris R
• Legge, Sarah
• Woinarski, J. C. Z., (John Casimir Zichy), 1955-
• CSIRO Publishing

Author

• Woinarski, J. C. Z., (John Casimir Zichy), 1955-
• Legge, Sarah
• Dickman, Chris R

Issuing body

• CSIRO Publishing

Subject

• Predatory animals -- Australia
• Australian
• Cats -- Australia
• Feral animals -- Australia
• Feral cats -- Control -- Australia

Genre

• Australia

Language

eng

Summary

'A discussion of the impact of cats, their relationship with people, and their management. Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests. But cats, both pets and feral, also kill many native animals and this toll can be enormous. Cats have been remarkably successful in Australia, spreading pervasively across the continent and many islands, occurring in all environments, and proving to be adept and adaptable hunters. A large proportion of Australia’s distinctive fauna is threatened and recent research highlights the significant role that cats play in the decline and extinction of native species. Cats in Australia brings this research together, documenting the extent to which cats have subverted, and are continuing to subvert, Australia’s biodiversity. But the book does much more than spotlight the impacts of cats on Australian nature. It describes the origins of cats and their global spread, their long-standing and varying relationship with people, their global impacts and their ecology. It also seeks to describe the challenge of managing cats, and the options available to constrain their impacts.'-- CSIRO Publishing Website

Cataloging source

VCAV

Dewey number

636.8

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates
• photographs

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography