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Humans kill far more birds than feral cats. Agriculture, pesticides, deforestation, destruction of fields and grasslands, the use of mice and rat poison, car tr
by yabatopia 3y ago
Humans kill far more birds than feral cats. Agriculture, pesticides, deforestation, destruction of fields and grasslands, the use of mice and rat poison, car traffic, wind turbines, ... it all adds up. It makes feral cats look like amateurs showing up on a gun fight with a pencil.
In the EU, a 2021 study of 378 bird species estimated that bird numbers fell by as much as 19 percent from 1980 to 2017. And that's not because of cats, feral or not.
- rcpt 3y agoAs long as we're being ridiculous and unserious I suppose you support TNR for humans to?
- smcl 3y ago> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I think we both know this person isn't supporting TNR for humans, don't be silly
- oefrha 3y agoThe good ol’ “there are many contributing factors, so how dare you try to solve one of them” argument.
- cgio 3y ago“Animals are dying. Let’s kill the animals that kill them” argument I would call it.
- oefrha 3y ago<s>kill the animals</s> breed fewer of those animals FTFY.
- red-iron-pine 3y agothe non-native animals (cats) that are disrupting the ecosystem argument