Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated that Leah Hawes from Operation Catnip cares for 7,060 cats when in fact she cares for 70 to 60 cats. Free roaming cats, a common sight, beg for ...

"[This] is not a solution — it's an illusion of action." Officials face backlash over aggressive plan to eradicate wild 'killers': 'This approach … guarantees failure' first appeared on The Cool Down.

On a remote Pacific island, conservation teams trapped and removed exactly 131 feral cats, expecting a slow, fragile recovery for the wildlife those predators had been hunting to the edge of oblivion.

Feral hogs are a menace to farmers across the U.S., causing at least $2.5 billion in damage annually. There’s only one way to stop the damage: eradication — a difficult but doable option that's ...