Sentences with phrase «predation by outdoor cats»

Predation by outdoor cats on birds and other wildlife is a real and legitimate concern.

That said, I have always felt that the injunction against city involvement with TNR was counterproductive to the cause of protecting birds from predation by outdoor cats.

Not exact matches

«The Audubon magazine recently cited a new peer - reviewed paper by University of Nebraska — Lincoln — researchers concluding that feral cats — domestic that live outdoors and are ownerless — in other words, feral — account for $ 17 billion — that's billion — in economic loss from predation on birds in the U.S. every year.»

(Washington, D.C., April 18, 2013) A new study from British scientists has documented for the first time, significant new impacts to birds from outdoor cats, reporting that even brief appearances of cats near avian nest sites leads to at least a doubling in lethal nest predation of eggs and young birds by third - party animals, as well as behavioral changes in parent birds that lead to an approximately 33 percent reduction in the amount of food brought to nestlings following a predation threat.

Research by Environment and Climate Change Canada found that the top human - related impacts on birds are due to predation by free - roaming cats (feral and owned outdoor cats).

In their recently released book, The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, ABC changes tack a bit — using what the authors call «conservative» estimates of the outdoor cat population and annual predation rates, for example, to arrive at their figure of «532 million birds killed annually by outdoor cats.»

In a joint media release, the American Bird Conservancy and The Wildlife Society team up to misrepresent the results of a recent predation study, decrying the «ongoing slaughter of wildlife by outdoor cats.»

where npc is the number of owned cats in the contiguous United States, pod is the proportion of owned cats granted outdoor access, pph is the proportion of outdoor owned cats that hunt wildlife, ppr is the annual predation rate by owned cats, cor is a correction factor to account for owned cats not returning all prey to owners, nfc is the number of un-owned cats in the contiguous United States, pfh is the proportion of un-owned cats that hunt wildlife, and fpr is the annual predation rate by un-owned cats.

By being kept indoors, cats are protected not only from some diseases and from predation by motor vehicles but also from what are often hostile relationships between neighborhood outdoor - access cats (both pets and feralsBy being kept indoors, cats are protected not only from some diseases and from predation by motor vehicles but also from what are often hostile relationships between neighborhood outdoor - access cats (both pets and feralsby motor vehicles but also from what are often hostile relationships between neighborhood outdoor - access cats (both pets and ferals).