... of predators (domestic cats and foxes) at all sites. Rats rapidly investigated the log piles (mean time to first rat observation ± SE: 27.25 ± 14.34 days), but were only recorded intermittently over the monitoring period, suggesting that they did not permanently inhabit the sites. Our results suggest...

... the existence of this phenomenon and reports accounts from historical literature and from interviews with early rural residents of the region being: Twenty-six historical accounts of the poisoning of domestic cats ( Felis catus ) and dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris ) through consumption of the bones ( n =11...

... of a name. The last question is down the front here. NICOLA HARROD (University of Canberra): I have two questions for Sebastian. The first one was that you said you re talking about feral cats and not domestic cats. Aren t there problems from the domestic cats too, and won t your control efforts impact...

... of Veterinary Internal Medicine 11 361 364 Clark, P. (ed.) 2004. Haematology of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Victoria, Australia. Haematology of Australian mammals Graham, LH., Swanson, WF. And Brown, LJ. 2000. Chronic gonadotrophin administration in domestic cats causes...

... at Heirisson Prong and on the effects of mine site rehabilitation on cockatoos, and has led an intriguing series of studies on the effects of domestic cats on wildlife that have focused both on people s attitudes to the marauding behaviour of their pets and on novel ways that we can try to mitigate the damage...

... to the natural conditions found on Lanai, an island south of Hawai i. In the same paper, the author also commented on the feral domestic cats of the island, although no more details were given about their situation (Svihla 1936). In both cases, the individuals were feral because they were domestic species...

.... Domestic cats and wildlife. Bird Observer 696: 34-35. Domestic cats and wildlife Bird Observer 696 34 35 Pyke, G. H. and White, A. W., 1996. Habitat requirements for the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea (Anura: Hylidae). Aust. Zool. 30(2): 224-32. Habitat requirements for the Green...

.... Bioscience 51: 15-24. Frontiers in ecology Bioscience 51 15 24 Turner, D.C. and Bateson, P. 2000. The domestic cat: the biology of its behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. The domestic cat: the biology of its behaviour Ulanowicz, R.E. 1997.Ecology, the ascendent perspective...

... of handling. DISCUSSION In this survey, opinions were sought from scientists, zookeepers and wildlife carers on Toblc I . Relative favourability o f quolls compared to domestic pets of similar body size (90% of respondents compared quolls to domestic cats). Score: 5 = Very favourable, 4 = Favourable, 3...

..., if not altogether, extinct. Disease has also played a great part in the extermination. The native bear died in thousands from a disease which produced a great bony growth on their heads. A mysterious disease also spread through the ranks of the native cat Dasyurus viverrinus, the domestic cat also played a great...

... on issues relating to domesticated animals, particularly dogs and cats (Wirth 2016). A key issue is impulse purchasing, which does not necessarily carry a commitment to care for the animal over the course of its lifespan. While dog and cat lifespans are generally limited to 15 years, 2014 2015 2016 2017...

...- based dried cat-food placed in a domestic cat's food dish U. Barford, DPI, pers. comm There are seven sight records of individual D. hallucatus searching for or stealing food from rural residences. Mortality Eleven records of D. hallucatus mortality reveal that domestic dogs were responsible for 36...

...), introgression of cattle genes into American bison (Bison bison) (Halbert and Derr 2007), introgression of brown (Ursus arctos) and polar bear (U. maritimus) genes (Miller et al. 2012, Pongracz et al. 2017) and between the domestic cat (Felis catus) and European/Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris) (Beaumont et...

... an oddity: it is the only terrestrial member of the Order Carnivora among Australia s mammals that was present on the continent when Europeans first arrived; even the now-ubiquitous domestic cat (Felis catus) was absent at that time (Abbott 2002). It has had a much shorter tenure in Australia than...

.... A. McNeely, L. E. Neville, P. J. Schei and J. K. Waage. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA. Invasive alien species: the nature of the problem Invasive Alien Species: A New Synthesis 1 15 Paton, D.C. 1993. Impacts of domestic and feral cats on wildlife. Pp. 9-15 in Cat Management Workshop...

..., as with Ethiopian wolves (which have hybridised with domestic dogs, Sillero-Zubiri and Marino 2004), red wolves (which hybridise with coyotes, Stoskopf et al. 2005), and Scottish wildcats (which hybridise with domestic cats, Felis catus, Hetherington and Campbell 2013). In these situations, selective removal...

... protected areas behaviour community-based records invasive species cats rabbits swamp wallabies spotted-tailed quolls domestic dogs community-based surveys koalas meso-predator release scalp returns Combining cameras and citizen science to define the distribution and behaviour of dingoes...