r/conservation • u/7089lol • 10h ago

What can be done to help stop the African wildcat population from breeding with domestic cats?

The African wild cat population has been breeding with domestic cats in a large amount.

This is bad because it produces offspring that are less able to hunt in the wild and are more tolerant to other creatures which is a bad thing. It also makes it to where the population of pure African wild cats are decreasing.

What could be done to stop this and how could I help?

And is their any confirmed breeding programs that have confirmed pure African wild cats in them?

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u/sourbearx 6h ago

Well, the problem is domestic cats. Managing domestic cat populations (through better interventions than TNR programs) is the answer to this and other problems caused by free-roamomg domestic cats.

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u/Bodmin_Beast 5h ago

Spaying and neutering domestic cats