Título: Cats Wars: The Devastanting Consequences Of a Cuddly Killer | ||
Autor: Marra, Peter / Santella, Chris | Precio: $624.00 | |
Editorial: Princeton University Press | Año: 2016 | |
Tema: Animales | Edición: 1ª | |
Sinopsis | ISBN: 9780691167411 | |
In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific evidence confirms what many conservationists have suspected for some time--that in the United States alone, free-ranging cats are killing birds and other animals by the billions. Equally alarming are the little-known but potentially devastating public health consequences of rabies and parasitic Toxoplasma passing from cats to humans at rising rates. Cat Wars tells the story of the threats free-ranging cats pose to biodiversity and public health throughout the world, and sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the management of the explosion of these cat populations |