With feral cats now being added to the predator free 2050 list one scientist at the Bioeconomy Science Institute is determined to figure out how many of them are out there.
2.4 million is the figure often reported but with the caveat that it is unclear and could be much higher.
But Dr Sze-Wing Yiu is part way through a research project to figure out how to model feral cat populations.
Dr Sze-Wing Yiu will be presenting next week at the Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference in Queenstown.
Feral cat caught in a live trap in Fiordland National Park Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
