In urban areas in particular, cats are one of the most common avian predators (Sims et al. 2008), but
their total impact on wildlife is difficult to estimate and varies greatly between studies (Fitzgerald and Turner 2000) and with study methodology (Krauze - Gryz et al. 2012a).
Although the country has a target to increase terrestrial protected areas from 13.8 % of
total land area in 2015 to 20 % by 2025, economic development has already had an
impact on wildlife.