CATS ON ISLA GUADALUPE

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CATS: ISLA GUADALUPE



In the News~

February 4, 1879 [San Francisco Bulletin]: “Guadalupe Island....The island is under the jurisdiction of the Mexican Government, and is owned by Messrs. Flint, Boswell & Abbott, the last named member of the firm being Hon. C. S. Abbott of Salinas City...The island is overrun with mice, there being one, it is said, to every square inch of surface. As an offset to the mice, there are thousands of cats which have multiplied from tame cats turned loose there at some former period of time, and are as wild as they make them. Except for goats, cats and mice are the only animals found on the island. The party counted fourteen different kinds of birds, but saw no centipedes, tarantulas, snakes or other reptiles, and observed only one spider during their stay of four months...”

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