Naturalists say bird populations in the country have been decimated by cats, which were introduced into an island nation where no apex predators for birds were.
Conservationists and lawmakers in New Zealand are looking at the way people keep their cats, as the felines have become a top predator for the country's diverse wild bird population.
That predator was enough to wipe out most of the bird's population. Then cats were introduced by humans and that wiped out the rest of the bird's population. Reports estimate that as many as 2.5 million cats are considered feral in New Zealand, and there has been a plan in place to try and control this population in the coming years.
The BBC reported that nearly half of all households in New Zealand have at least one cat, making the country one of the highest in the world for cat ownership. But, many in New Zealand let cats roam free.
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