Hoddle's Use of Exotic Species to Control Invasive Exotic Species

Hoddle advocates for the use of powerful technology to control invasive feral cats using biological control, entails the use of selected organisms high in the food chain to prey on feral cats, thereby reducing the prevalence of such cats in Oahu. He notes that the approach is environmentally friendly as it reduces the use of pesticides to spray the feral cats and subsequent pollution of the environment, an approach that would pose a threat to other non-target organisms and air pollution that may affect human beings.

Apart from conferring critical insights on how to control feral cats using organic means, the journal obtains a concise, clear, and practical approach to illustrate the efficacy of his strategy while remaining academically grounded to assist students undertaking research.

Levy and Crawford clearly indicates what are feral cats, their origin, their numbers in the United States, and the risks they pose to the general population including contracting rabies, biting and injuring young children as most of them ae becoming wild, and parasitism. They also evaluate initial efforts by state governments and universities to control feral cats' population using programs such as poisoning them, sterilization, Florida University TNR program, and establishment of sanctuaries to confine unadoptable cats as an alternative means of controlling their breeding. The journal article offers invaluable insight into alternative methods of controlling feral cats and evaluates each methods setbacks while observing conciseness and clarity of thought thereby posing itself as an integral tool for researchers and students attempting to solve the feral cats' menace.

Robertson links overpopulation of cats to a global problem where domesticated animals such as dogs and cats population is becoming unmanageable leading to stakeholders debate on the best methods to control them as they pose numerous risks to people including contracting zoonotic diseases. He notes that despite the success derived from Florida University trap neuter return (TNR) program, using non-surgical contraception method such as responsible is a realistic future ways that biologists should consider employing to regulate the population of wild cats as human beings created the problem first. The journal uses well-grounded academic knowledge and personal dispositions backed by empirical research outlining how people should be encouraged to exercise responsible pet ownership in order to safeguard the intrinsic value of animals thereby making it a valuable source for researchers empathetic to animals.

Smucker, Lindsey and Mosher conducted an empirical research with an aim of gaining insight on the diet of federal cats, their feeding habits, and how their search for food posed a risk to the general population for contracting diseases such as rabies and spread of pests such as fleas and tick to healthy pets. They found out that birds were the primary  targets for the feral cats, followed by rodents, and insects thereby taking the wild cats to people's homesteads in search of rodents. The research is invaluable for researchers and students attempting to understand the adaptability behaviors of feral cats in the world, how one could make advantage of their habits to regulate their population, and the risks that their adaptability behavior poses to the people surrounding their habitats.

Winter and Wallace reviews how feral cats predation impacts on rare birds in several states including Florida, New Jersey, New York, California, and Hawaii, government authorized programs and ordinances affecting feral cats, and the danger the human population around their area of preying faces. The article also reviews controversies surrounding cat management, as they are prolific breeders in warm climate such as those found in Oahu. As such, the article provides a rich academic knowledge presented in a clear and concise language shedding light to researchers and students in the institutions of higher learning on how to control feral cats.