Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years

Large tabby cat that wiped out dozens of rare pāteke, or brown teal, has been killed after eluding trappers with its ‘very erratic’ behaviour A notorious feral cat given the name “Nine Lives” because it eluded trappers for three years has been caught and killed in New Zealand, ending its devastating rampage against one

'Nine Lives' was thought to have killed around three-quarters of the rare pāteke released on the Purerua Peninsula in the northern Bay of Islands.

'Nine Lives' was thought to have killed around three-quarters of the rare pāteke released on the Purerua Peninsula in the northern Bay of Islands.