The introductory course on Capture-Mark-Recapture analyses ended!

 The introductory course on Capture-Mark-Recapture analyses ended this friday! It has been nice to recover a pre-COVID agenda and meet many colleagues. R. Pradel, A Sanz and A Rotger helped with the teaching and the practical exercises. We learned about mantas, little auks, newts, gulls, rodents, shearwater, nighjars and other animals. Thank you to all!

Domestic, wondering and feral cats. A debate based on scarce information.

This week cats are on the news. Many volunteers maintain colonies of cats around the villages or in city parks. The issue is controversial because cats are a potential problem for the island biodiversity. They are known to have caused extinction and to be a serious threat to the local biodiversity in many countries. Some have adopted strict laws to reduce or confine the cat population. Surprisingly, we have Little information on cat movements, their ecology and on the size of their populations. A recent press note here