Outdoor Pet Cats Are Spreading A Brain Parasite To Wildlife

A new study suggests free-roaming cats could be to blame for the spread of a potentially dangerous brain parasite to wild animals. Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that both domestic and feral outdoor cats could be the driving mechanism behind infections of Toxoplasma gondii in surrounding wildlife and humans, reports George Dvorsky for Gizmodo. [...]

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