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Feral cats became established on Raoul Island some time between 1836 and 1872; the prey available to them included a great variety of nesting seabirds, few of which are present now, landbirds and kiore (Rattus exulans). Norway rats reached the island

Food habits of feral cats (Felis catus) were studied on two small uninhabited islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Cat stomach contents, collected on Howland Island in May 1979 and on Jarvis Island during May 1979 and June-July 1982, revealed that s

The recent appeal by Proulx (1988) for greater control of Domestic or House Cats (Felis catus L.) to reduce predation on urban wildlife presented only one part of this complex issue. I want to discuss some of the other aspects that should be consider

On several Caribbean islands in the late 1800s, Indian mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus were introduced to control black rats Rattus rattus. They have subsequently had a detrimental impact on native flora and fauna. Trials were initiated in January 1

Feral goats (Capra hircus) are implicated in habitat destruction, and alteration of species composition on sensitive insular ecosystems. In the absence of population control, goats have become the ecologically dominant species on many islands with th

Holocene fossils document the extinction of hundreds of bird species on Pacific islands during prehistoric human occupation. Human hunting is implicated in these extinctions, but the impact of hunting is difficult to disentangle from the effects of o

Since their introduction in 1949, feral cats have caused extensive damage to seabird populations on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Indian Ocean. This paper reports on the first four years of an eradication programme launced in 1986. Eight hundred and s

The introduced shrew, Suncus murinus, was discovered on Guam in May 1953. Its spread was rapid and probably facilitated by the transport of goods. The shrew was discovered on Saipan in August 1962 and spread from an area of about four square miles ar

Introduced animals, particularly mammals, continue to extinguish indigenous species in many parts of the world. This effect is greatest on oceanic islands but continental biotas are also affected. Case histories are used to illustrate difficulties of