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Letter: Let's deliver contraceptives to control feral cats

Published 1 January 2020

From Celine Szoges Schwartz, Thornbury, Ontario, Canada

I understand Australia's need to cull its large feral cat population, which has caused tremendous environmental damage (23 November 2019, p 12).

But little has been done to provide chemical neutering for unfortunate stray and feral cats. Could the Felixer trap spray a contraceptive gel on feral cats instead of a poison?

Issue no. 3263 published 4 January 2020

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