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Why is this downvoted? There's plenty of evidence. "We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annuall
by frickinLasers 7y ago
Why is this downvoted? There's plenty of evidence.
"We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually."
"may exceed all other sources of anthropogenic mortality of US birds and mammals"
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380
- reaperducer 7y agoThe birds thing I understand. But mammals? It's mostly vermin like mice and rats. It's not like Fluffy McButtwiggles is taking down a hippopotamus.
- fian 7y agoThere are many small marsupials (mammals) in Australia that are predated on by feral and domestic cats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_Australia We have a cat that was rescued from a neglectful neighbour. We were shocked one night when it turned up at our back door with a live pet rabbit is had nabbed from a house a few doors away. Thankfully the cat mostly has since caught non-native mice and grasshoppers since (that we are aware of). The best conservation efforts at restoring native animal populations in Australia have been achieved through cat and fox proof fencing followed by trapping, baiting and shooting programs: https://www.australianwildlife.org/sanctuaries/mt-gibson/ https://www.australianwildlife.org/sanctuaries/mt-gibson/
- reaperducer 7y agoWe were shocked one night when it turned up at our back door with a live pet rabbit is had nabbed from a house a few doors away. Interesting. I once had a golden retriever bring us a baby rabbit from the woods. But he brought it to us in a nurturing way, as if to being it to us for help, not for dinner. Just another way dogs and cats are different, I guess.
- BrandonMarc 7y agoMy sister's pet rabbit was killed by a neighbor's Dalmatian. I figure every dog is different.
- Semiapies 7y agoSwitzerland being in Europe is probably one objection. Cats aren't an invasive species, there.
- smnrchrds 7y agoIndeed. New world has tons of pristine nature and native species worth preserving. It's a few millennia too late to do the same in the old world.