feral
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When, in 2014, Macquarie Island was finally cleared of rabbits, rats, mice and feral cats, which were killing 60,000 seabirds annually, populations rebounded to about 3.5 million seabirds of 13 species.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Instead, they come from a naturally mixed population in Southern California, often originating from feral colonies living in trees.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
"Here on Rathlin in 2017, a feral ferret reached one of our puffin colonies and killed 27 puffins in a two-day period," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The virus is better known in the U.S. for sweeping through dairy herds, where it infected dozens of dairy workers, millions of cows and thousands of wild, feral and domestic mammals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
But feral horses don’t yield easily, not even to a man like Grandpa.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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