Wandering Albatross chicks seem not to be scared by feral catshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/wandering-albatross-chicks-seem-not-to-be-scared-by-feral-cats

09 April 2026 “Albatross chick reaction when facing a Southern Giant Petrel (left) and a cat (right)”, from the publication Anais Cotton (Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l’Environnement, Université de Toulouse, France) and colleagues have published open...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Control of feral cats on France’s Kerguelen Island continues with new fundinghttps://acap.aq/latest-news/control-of-feral-cats-on-frances-kerguelen-island-continues-with-new-funding

13 October 2025 A feral cat on Kerguelen Island, with the remains of a European Rabbit, photograph by Charly Gicqueau NOTE: The English text below has been edited from the original French text, with the help of Google Translate. The European Union mobilized for the...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. What is the “state of play” with planned predator eradications on two sub-Antarctic islands?https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-what-is-the-state-of-play-with-planned-predator-eradications-on-two-sub-antarctic-islands

11 October 2024 The sheer western cliffs of Auckland Island, photograph by Finlay Cox Eradicating invasive pests on seabird-breeding islands has been undertaken for over 50 years and has become established as one of the most immediate ways of helping restore island...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

Study reveals need for feral cat control to protect Wandering Albatrosses of Kerguelen Islandshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/study-reveals-need-for-feral-cat-control-to-protect-wandering-albatrosses-of-kerguelen-islands

04 March 2024 A Wandering Albatross on Kerguelen Pierrick Blanchard (Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l’Environnement (CRBE), Université de Toulouse, France) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Ecological Society of America on the...

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• Author: Bree Forrer
• Category: ACAP Latest News

Feral cats prey upon Wandering Albatross chicks on France’s Kerguelen Islandhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/individual-feral-cats-prey-upon-wandering-albatross-chicks-on-france-s-kerguelen-island

07 April 2021 A daytime attack: more details below A night-time attack: more details below Christophe Barbraud (Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Villiers en Bois, France) and colleagues have published in the journal Biological Invasions demonstrating that feral...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

France’s BirdLife partner, LPO, with 55 000 members, writes about World Albatross Dayhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/france-s-birdlife-partner-lpo-with-55-000-members-writes-about-world-albatross-day

11 December 2019 LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux) is France’s BirdLife partner. With a century of commitment with more than 55 000 members, 5000 active volunteers, 400 employees nationwide and a network of local associations active in more than 80...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Twenty-one islands with breeding colonies of ACAP-listed seabirds rank highly for invasive mammal eradications in a recently published studyhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/twenty-one-islands-with-breeding-colonies-of-acap-listed-seabirds-rank-highly-for-invasive-mammal-eradications-in-a-recently-published-study

11 April 2019 A team of 50 authors from 40 institutions led by Nick Holmes (Island Conservation, Santa Cruz, California, USA) has published open access in the online journal PLOS ONE on the results of analysing a data set of 1279 islands worldwide whose Endangered...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

ACAP Breeding Site No. 35. île Amsterdam, only home of the Amsterdam Albatrosshttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/acap-breeding-sites-no-37-ileamsterdam-only-home-of-the-amsterdam-albatross

30 June 2013 île Amsterdam from the air. Photograph by Thierry Micol île Amsterdam is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises - TAAF). It is an old volcano situated in subtropical waters in the southern...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: 2013 News Archive
• Language: en-GB

Recent books on Southern Ocean islands supporting ACAP-listed specieshttps://acap.aq/resources/publications-on-acap-species/recent-books-on-southern-ocean-islands-supporting-acap-listed-species

21 August 2009 Introduction The sub-Antarctic and cool temperate islands of the Southern Ocean all support populations of ACAP-listed species of albatrosses and petrels. A large number of books and booklets has been published since the year 2000 dealing with various...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: UPDATED. Publications on ACAP Species