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Neoprene Cat bib protects small birds, mammals, and reptiles

By Michelle Carr
July-September 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 3)

Domestic cats kill an estimated 100 million native Australian animals each year. Now a study shows that a brightly-colored bib attached to a cat’s collar can reduce hunting effectiveness by 72 percent.

Cats are believed to have pushed some Australian species extinct on islands and contributed to the disappearance of ground-living birds and marsupials on the mainland, too. Domestic cats alone have been estimated to catch an average of 32 animals a year and to feed on 347 different birds, mammals, and reptiles. Because of this, pet cats have a poor image in Australia and ownership is in decline, said ecologist Mike Calver at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.



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