Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

by Chris Santella and Peter P. Marra

Book Overview

Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human health

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691167419
• ISBN13: 9780691167411
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"