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More than 100,000 reads so far. Thank you everyone for engaging with our article and this vitally important conservation issue.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS
"Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca... - @aunz.theconversation.com
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS
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Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.
Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS