Australia's Feral Cats Are Growing to Sizes That Shouldn't Be Possible. I Tracked Them.

I’m Dr. Helen Carstairs, and after thirty years with Australia’s Department of Primary Industries, I thought I knew how large a feral cat could become. Then, in March 2017, a station manager near Fitzroy Crossing reported a seven-kilogram cat-nearly twice the size of an average domestic cat. I retrace that case, revisit two earlier sightings, and follow the evidence across northern Australia to understand how these animals are reaching such extraordinary sizes-and why what I found changed the department’s understanding of feral cats. #Australia #FeralCats #WildlifeInvestigation #Outback #AustralianWildlife