{
  "id": 232356,
  "title": "Notorious Feral Cat That Feasted on Rare New Zealand Ducks Captured After Three-Year Hunt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/notorious-feral-cat-that-feasted-on-rare-new-zealand-ducks-captured",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-06T17:42:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nine-lives-a-feral-cat-hunting-rare-ducks-in-new-zealand-has-been-caught-and-killed-after-three-years-180989267/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The gray tabby, known as Nine Lives because it eluded capture so many times, had devastated efforts by conservationists to reintroduce the birds to the wild",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}