"Natives", down here, nearly always means native animals or vegetation. Like possums, echidnas, wallabies, gum trees, wattle trees... Cats aren't really likely to hurt the plants, but they're definitely going to wreak havoc with the animals.
(Our native people are definitely always referred to as "Aborigines" - or possibly "Aboriginal Australians".)
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Didn't even think about that...
"Natives", down here, nearly always means native animals or vegetation.
Like possums, echidnas, wallabies, gum trees, wattle trees... Cats aren't really likely to hurt the plants, but they're definitely going to wreak havoc with the animals.
(Our native people are definitely always referred to as "Aborigines" - or possibly "Aboriginal Australians".)