Invasive species such as feral cats are the number-one driver of biodiversity loss in Australia, UN report shows

"Australia is the mammal extinction capital of the world and cats have played a role in two-thirds of mammal extinctions over the last 200 years"

"Every year, cats kill 2 billion reptiles, birds and mammals in Australia. That's almost 6 million every night."

"Australia has close to 3,000 invasive alien species estimated to cost Australia approximately $25 billion every year in losses to agriculture and management costs," CSIRO chief research scientist for biosecurity Andy Sheppard said."

"The report "found 45 per cent of all countries did not invest in the management of biological invasions and only 17 per cent had national laws or regulations addressing the problem".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-05/un-invasive-species-report-biodiversity-loss-australia/102815414
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