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Reviews |  Want to save the planet?  Focus on feral cats.

Reviews | Want to save the planet? Focus on feral cats.

Comment this story Comment John Goodrich is the chief scientist of Panthera, the global wildcat conservation organization. Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with more than one million species threatened with extinction. This week, the governments of most nations around the world will meet at COP15 – the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal …

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Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5 billion in damage/year

Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5 billion in damage/year

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight years after a U.S. program began to control damage from feral hogs, invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multi-billion dollar blight on farmers, wildlife and the environment. These prolific feral pigs were wiped out in 11 of the 41 states …

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Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5 billion in damage/year

Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5 billion in damage/year

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight years after a U.S. program began to control feral hog damage, invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a scourge of billions of dollars for farmers, wildlife and the environment. These prolific feral pigs were wiped out in 11 of the 41 …

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