Invasive species are one of the leading causes of extinctions worldwide and this is why governments try so hard to control them. Unfortunately some people like to villainize invasive species and they treat them badly just because they are invasive. It's not the animals fault that it's invasive and it is simply just trying to survive. One of the worst invasive species in the world is the domesticated cat as these animals are responsible for hundreds if not thousands of extinctions. In this video i will be covering a few cases where cats are preying on endangered species and unfortunately some of these animals are close to extinction.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:37 Cats In Australia
3:54 Cats Hunting Crocodiles
5:57 Cats In New Zealand

Attributions

Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog image:
Brian Gratwicke
https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangr...
Attribution 2.0 Generic

Cat images:
Brisbane City Council
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_pre...
Attribution 2.0 Generic

White-lipped tree frog image:
JJ Harrison
https://www.jjharrison.com.au/
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Extinct australian mammal images:
John Gould
Public Domain

Bridled nailtail wallaby images:
DiverDave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridled...
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Bernard DUPONT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
Attribution-ShareAlike License

Bridled nail-tail wallaby footage:
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
   / @australianwildlifeconservancy  

Cuban crocodile footage:
Zoo Knoxville
https://vimeo.com/user61954558
CC BY-NC

Cuban crocodile images:
Zanbog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_c...
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
Smithsonian's National Zoo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationa...
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic
gailhampshire
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Attribution 2.0 Generic

Wētā images:
Dylan van Winkel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Jewelled gecko image:
Possums' End
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Na...
Attribution 4.0 International

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/share-you...

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_pre...
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomm....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in....
https://invasives.org.au/our-work/fer...
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_c...
https://www.livescience.com/animals/f....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in...
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-....
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southla...