Skip to content
The Nexus
SCIENCEAug 4 · 05:45 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDEva Corlett in Wellington

Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years

A feral cat named 'Nine Lives' that killed dozens of rare pāteke (brown teal) and other native wildlife in New Zealand was finally caught and killed after evading trappers for three years. The cat is estimated to have wiped out 1% of the pāteke population on the Purerua peninsula near the North Island's top.

Nexus surfaces and summarizes. The full story lives at the source.

Mentioned
Spot something wrong with this article?Report a problem →
Forward this
Related Signal

Adjacent reporting

Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years · The Nexus