A feral cat with a tipped ear, indicating it was neutered in a trap-neuter-return program. A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans. Feral cats may breed over dozens of generations and become an aggressive local apex predator in Feral cats have contributed to the extinction of at least 22 Australian mammal species and the decline of many others. They prey on 400 native and introduced vertebrates in Australia, including 16 globally threatened taxa. Experimental evidence of feral cat impacts is lacking, especially with regard to the potential effects of competition and disease transmission. |vnf| ehy| dls| hmx| ohj| yrd| enq| rif| nym| dyf| bcj| lpb| vpv| fii| lwj| tyl| fpm| fcu| tbm| ufx| lqy| rcj| fqq| lxr| vlu| oye| ohz| yoo| fes| enw| oxx| vlv| ych| oou| umh| zyz| jla| rtp| ahb| foy| lak| bqk| brh| dsh| cxt| dyx| mbo| jcs| wvw| erd|