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MARTIN SCHUTT
According to official estimates, more than a quarter of all households have cats, about half of them more than one, as the Endangered Species Recovery Center (TSRH) announced Thursday.
According to the state-funded study published in the Wildlife Research Journal, 71 percent of cats can roam and hunt other animals. Each of these 2.7 million cats kills an average of 110 animals annually: 40 reptiles, 38 birds, and 32 mammals. In total, 297 million domestic animals were victims of them each year, according to the study.
This is particularly the case in urban areas, where 40 to 70 cats roam per square kilometer. There are many documented cases in which a single cat is responsible for the decline of entire species in the area. For example, domestic cats in a Perth suburb caused a decrease in the lizard population.
