Predator Free New Zealand is wanting to know your opinions on whether feral cats should be added to the Predator Free 2050 target species list.

Feral cats are present in all areas of New Zealand and can adapt to any environment, from the coast to up in the mountains, feral cats can be found. Unlike our domesticated cats, feral cats will hunt anything they can in order to survive, these include any and all birds (native or introduced alike), lizards, bats, even seabirds. Unlike what you might think, feral cats aren’t great at keeping down the rodent numbers. Rodents are by nature prey animals, fast moving, fast breeding, and cautious. Our native wildlife on the other hand never really had much in the way of predators, so it was never in their genes to be prepared for the danger feral cats pose to them.

To send your submission to the Department of Conservation, please check out https://predatorfreenz.org/submit/

Source: Predator Free NZ

29/05/25