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Ecosystem devastated after predators wiped out

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Island rabbits boomed after the cats that controlled their numbers were shot.

Australia's Macquarie Island, a severe-looking but biologically rich outpost of land between Australia and Antarctica, had too many cats. They were eating the island's bird life. So between 1985 and 2001, all the island's felines were shot.

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Marris, E. Ecosystem devastated after predators wiped out. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.20

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