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It's an apples and oranges sort of issue here. I have no doubt that stray and feral housecats in the cities and suburbs are killing great numbers of common hou
by Tiktaalik 3y ago
It's an apples and oranges sort of issue here.
I have no doubt that stray and feral housecats in the cities and suburbs are killing great numbers of common house sparrows, but the things that are driving down numbers of endangered birds in rural and remote areas (where feral cats are not a problem) is habitat loss and the decline in food sources (ie. berries and bugs).
- tga_d 3y agoFeral cats are extremely common in rural areas (though not in remote areas). Ask anyone who's lived on a farm or ranch about "barn cats". Regardless, "the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals" sounds unambiguously not great, even if they're mostly not endangered.