[CPEO-MEF] NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Feral cats removal from San Nicolas Island (CA) deemed complete

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cats nabbed on island looking for local homes

By Mike Lee
U-T San Diego (CA)
February 22, 2012

An unusual effort to restore sea bird populations on a Navy-owned  
island is complete after about five dozen feral cats were taken to  
Ramona to live out their days in an animal sanctuary.

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The last feral cat on San Nicolas Island was removed in 2010 and the  
project was deemed done this month after two years of monitoring with  
remote cameras did not turn up any more cats, according to the U.S.  
Fish and Wildlife Service and partners. Cats had been left on the  
island in decades past by service members and their numbers grew over  
time until they presented a threat to ground-nesting birds, the  
federally threatened night island lizard and other creatures.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/22/cats-nabbed-island-roam- 
ramona/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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