Some of the banded dotterels from Kaikōura's South Bay. Photo / SuppliedBy Rachel Graham, of RNZDomestic cats in Kaikōura are laying waste to the eggs of a rare shorebird. With only 18,000 of them remaining, the banded dotterel is classed as nationally vulnerable. McGilvary-Howard believes almost all of the destruction of the nests is by cats, some of which are caught on motion-activated camera visiting the sites. One of the cats regularly seen prowling around banded dotterel nests at South Bay.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 18, 2020 22:04 UTC