In some cases, predator numbers can recover rapidly following baiting. Under favorable conditions, feral cat and fox populations can double in a year, while dingo populations can grow 50% annually.

The finding fits in with research data that suggests feral cats have killed more native animals than any other feral predators in Australia, and are believed to be responsible for two thirds of ...

Apex predators, to be exact. "[Australia is] at war with feral cats," Alex Paton, an invasive species ecologist, said at a public talk at the University of Tasmania that was broadcast by ABC Radio ...