Australia’s War On Feral Cats
In 2015 Australia’s Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews announced a plan to kill 2 million ‘feral’ cats in an effort to save the countries native species from extinction.
More than two years on the feral cat population has not decreased.
So are culling techniques an effective and humane way of population control?
Producer/Presenter: Miles Herbert and Joe Koning
Speakers:
Alex Vince: Animal Liberation
Kristina Vesk: Cat Protection Society
Dr Daniel Ramp: Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Compassionate Conservation at University of Technology Sydney
Dr Megan Phillips: Lecturer, School of Life Sciences at University of Technology Sydney
Eamonn Wooster: PHD Candidate at Centre for Compassionate Conservation at University of Technology Sydney
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