Скачать или смотреть They Removed 131 Cats from an Island—Then Nature Fought Back in a Shocking Way

What happens when humans remove a top predator from an ecosystem? In Japan’s remote Ogasawara Islands, scientists took a daring step—removing 131 feral cats to save the red-headed wood pigeon from extinction.
At first, the plan worked. The birds rebounded dramatically. But then, an even stranger twist emerged. Genetic studies revealed that centuries of isolation had purged the pigeons’ harmful mutations, defying long-held ideas about inbreeding and survival.
This incredible story reveals how nature adapts, surprises, and rewrites the rules of evolution. From the Ogasawara pigeons to the island fox and elephant seals, discover how species on the brink of extinction sometimes find unexpected ways to survive.
Learn how this case is reshaping conservation science and what it means for endangered wildlife worldwide.
Keywords: Ogasawara Islands, cat removal experiment, red-headed wood pigeon, endangered species, genetic purging, inbreeding, island ecology, conservation biology, Kyoto University study, Japan wildlife recovery.