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Domestic and feral ex-domestic cats kill far more birds than either. If this is a real concern, banning cat ownership is top of the list.
by tuatoru 6y ago
Domestic and feral ex-domestic cats kill far more birds than either. If this is a real concern, banning cat ownership is top of the list.
- jollofricepeas 6y agoSource? Or is HN now Newsmax where evidence isn’t needed and statements alone serve as “facts”?
- refulgentis 6y agohttps://lmgtfy.app/?q=birds+killed+by+cats+annually https://lmgtfy.app/?q=birds+killed+by+cats+annually
- DangitBobby 6y agohttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 Feral cats seem to be a particular danger to little critters.
- paradox242 6y agoCats do kill a shocking number of small birds and other mammals. A conservative estimate is somewhere around 7 billion a year, and that's just in the United States. I have 4 cats myself but they never go outside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife