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    Details of this species in Bermuda
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Established
    Source: Kairo et al. 2003.
    Arrival Date:
    Introduction:
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    Management Notes for this Location:
    There are ongoing capture-neuter-release programmes in many areas, though the ecological effects of this are unrecorded and questionable. Legislation is planned to licence cat ownership (Varnham 2006).
    Location Notes:
    Impacts:
    Predation: Cats prey on bird life and kill native tropical birds in Bermuda (Varnham 2006).
    Last Modified: 26/06/2005 4:41:32 p.m.
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