The Whistle Blowers
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others.
Feral Mongoose Raised 
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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
By far the most commonly seen bird on most of the islands in the region – and the only one every islander can identify on call – is Gallus gallus (the feral chicken). There are any number of concerns one could raise. Can we find a suitable island free from feral predators that would devastate the introduced species?
Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Unless we put them there.
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