{"id":317858,"date":"2026-02-14T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hunt-for-nine-lives-new-zealands-most-elusive-feral-cat-cnn-creators\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:00:07","slug":"the-hunt-for-nine-lives-new-zealands-most-elusive-feral-cat-cnn-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hunt-for-nine-lives-new-zealands-most-elusive-feral-cat-cnn-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for &#8216;Nine Lives&#8217;, New Zealand\u2019s most elusive feral cat | CNN Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3a1NISAXry8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The hunt for 'Nine Lives', New Zealand\u2019s most elusive feral cat | CNN Creators\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3a1NISAXry8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Feral cats are on borrowed time in New Zealand, after the government there said it planned to kill up to eight million of the felines by 2050, in the name of protecting native birds. 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