Cat Wars
ISBN: 9781400882878
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Human-animal relationships.; Cats; Feral cats;

Marra, director of Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center, and travel writer Santella (author of the Fifty Places travel guides) thoughtfully examine the severe ecological damage caused by feral cats and outdoor pet cats. Their highly readable explanations show how cats became an invasive species in fragile ecosystems such as New Zealand and the Revillagigedo Islands and discuss the damage caused by diseases that cats can spread to humans and other animals. Cat lovers are presented in a sympathetic light throughout, making the book worth reading no matter a reader's position on free-ranging cats. The authors suggest reasonable solutions-backed by scientific studies-to end feral cats' devastation of birds and mammals while sparing thousands of unwanted cats from suffering short and difficult lives. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Peter P. Marra has written more than 175 scientific publications, is the coeditor of Birds of Two Worlds , and directs the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Chris Santella is the author of many books, including the Fifty Places travel and outdoor series and The Tug Is the Drug . His writing has appeared in such publications as the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , the New Yorker , and Trout .

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