{"id":11,"date":"2019-11-16T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:13:02","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5476ee7fc6c5aa150c6d7d685285a425 wp-block-paragraph\">As you&#8217;re probably\u00a0aware, feral cats are a major and growing threat to our native wildlife (with approx. 2.5 million roaming NZ). The following talk made by the Conservation Amplified team and featuring John Bissell is an honest and compassionate conversation about the feral cat dilemma in Aotearoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode in the link below covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The definition of feral cats vs. domestic pet cats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their impact on endangered species populations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How trail camera footage reveals feral cats&#8217; widespread presence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feline toxoplasmosis impacts on farming and marine mammals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Respectful approaches to feral cat control where pet cats are present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How human emotion shapes our approach to different predator species<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tips for conservation groups on navigating this topic with respect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The need for a national approach to cat management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conservationamplified.org\/podcast\/new-zealands-feral-cat-dilemma-an-honest-conversation-with-john-bissell\">https:\/\/conservationamplified.org\/podcast\/new-zealands-feral-cat-dilemma-an-honest-conversation-with-john-bissell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Merry Xmas 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s our latest newsletter, with best wishes from Jan! \ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf84\ud83e\udd36<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Xmas-news-2024.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Xmas news 2024.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b7c48067-0a77-41a1-9e62-7afd5fa9b8c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Xmas-news-2024.pdf\">Xmas news 2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Xmas-news-2024.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b7c48067-0a77-41a1-9e62-7afd5fa9b8c4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Our Winter 2024 Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-2024-newsletter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Winter 2024 newsletter.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-98443ec6-2f0d-4027-9bdf-e274acf57530\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-2024-newsletter.pdf\">Winter 2024 newsletter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-2024-newsletter.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-98443ec6-2f0d-4027-9bdf-e274acf57530\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trapping Tips and Techniques<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trapping-Tips-and-Techniques.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Trapping Tips and Techniques.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-97ca2b18-71a3-477f-8b5e-b0cbab16a12f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trapping-Tips-and-Techniques.pdf\">Trapping Tips and Techniques<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trapping-Tips-and-Techniques.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-97ca2b18-71a3-477f-8b5e-b0cbab16a12f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you&#8217;re probably\u00a0aware, feral cats are a major and growing threat to our native wildlife (with approx. 2.5 million roaming NZ). The following talk made by the Conservation Amplified team and featuring John Bissell is an honest and compassionate conversation about the feral cat dilemma in Aotearoa. The episode in the link below covers: https:\/\/conservationamplified.org\/podcast\/new-zealands-feral-cat-dilemma-an-honest-conversation-with-john-bissell Merry Xmas 2024 Here&#8217;s our latest newsletter, with best wishes from Jan! \ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf84\ud83e\udd36 Our Winter 2024 Newsletter Trapping Tips and Techniques<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pestfreewarkworth.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}