Sentences with phrase «birds than cats»

A study in England showed that cats wearing bells killed more birds than cats without them; during a study in Kansas, a free - roaming declawed cat killed more birds than the cats with claws.

The hawks here kill more birds than the cats do!!

I can supply any number of citations to correct your misunderstandings — as to why Marzluff's work does not support TNR at all, why coyotes are better for birds than cats, and much more — but nearly every TNR supporter with whom I've conversed has been too blinded by their emotional attachment to feral cats to accept scientific reality....

In fact, they sometimes sound more like birds than cats.

Not exact matches

The same trend also held when Templeton introduced a cat and a ferret, which both eat birds, but not when he added a small yet harmless bobwhite quail, which suggests that chickadees base their calls on more than size.

My parents took Sivko in when he was a baby cat because someone just left him there on the island, he belongs to an Egyptian breed called Mau and that is perhaps why he is so fond of catching birds (he can jump higher than normal cats).

There's more detail in Toothless's eye than in most films altogether, and the creature is a chummier version of the «Cloverfield» creature as he's a panther, bunny, duck, cat, dog, bat, whale, newt, bird and dragon all at once.

Even if a store just sells dog and cat products, which is the most common type of pet supply store in the U.S., more than 40 percent of its customers feed wild birds — that's a lot of potential add - on sales.

The self - professed animal fanatic shares his home with more than 15 pets, including dogs, birds, Chinchillas, hamsters, terrapins, a cat, a guinea pig, and of course, his Netherland Dwarf bunny, Wing.

More than 20 dogs, cats and birds, some dead and others diseased, were seized by animal control officers Wednesday from a house that was described as resembling a scene from a horror movie.Officials said the call was one of the worst cases of animal abuse they had ever encountered.A search turned up two dead chickens and one dead guinea fowl inside the house and a rotting carcass on the kitchen counter that could not be identified as a dog, cat or anything else, said Clara Gundy, executive director of the Humane Society of Central Brevard.

Our dogs, cats, birds and even reptiles seem to have a bigger curiosity about our human foods and household plants more than anything else.

Generally, large active dogs require more space and daily exercise than smaller dogs, cats, birds or small mammals.

Demonstrate SC administration of medication large animal, small animal, one bird species, one reptile species, one small mammal other than dog or cat, one other species of your choice

Your reptiles, birds, small mammals, or fish may be a bit more unique and unusual than your neighbors» cats and dogs, and we have an entire team dedicated to giving them the highest standard of exotic veterinary care!

We consider exotic pets to be pets other than cats and dogs such as: reptiles, birds, and small mammals (rabbits, ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, etc).

The Los Angeles area site houses and provides medical care to more than 1500 animals, including dogs, cats, horses, goats, and birds.

If we are serious about saving native wildlife and birds, we should take a good look at ourselves; humans are vastly more responsible for the destruction of endangered species than feral cats are.

In the long run, areas that have TNR programs should be more beneficial to bird populations than areas that don't have them, since there will be fewer feral cats.

I suspect that Morgan doesn't hate cats any more than the average person — he is just passionate about saving the rapidly disappearing native birds.

A microchip is no bigger than a grain of rice, and veterinarians can implant the chips into all kinds of pets — from reptiles and birds to cats and dogs.

Studies show that the animals caught by predators are generally weaker and more diseased than those killed by manmade sources.6, 7 One study found that «birds killed by cats had significantly lower mass, fat scores, and pectoral muscle mass scores» than birds of the same species killed by cars or windows.8 These studies indicate that cats are catching what some biologists refer to as the «doomed surplus» 9 — animals who would not have lived, and so whose death does not affect overall population levels.

Bird owners face completely different sets of issues than do owners of more commonly kept pets such as dogs or cats, so there are some things that all potential owners should know about birds before bringing one home.

Experts agree that habitat loss, pollution, collisions with buildings and cars, and other human - led activities account for far more bird deaths than cat predation.

In fact, for more than 10,000 years, cats have lived outdoor lives, sharing the environment with birds and wildlife.

Maintaining ecological balance is far more complicated than cats versus birds, predator versus prey.

Our animal control officers provide hands - on service to the city's more than 1.5 million residents and ACCT Philly's facility in North Philadelphia handles more than 32,000 animals, from dogs and cats, to small animals, reptiles, birds and wildlife, annually.

To even suggest that killing birds is a reason to kill another animal goes against the humane ethic of most Americans, 81 % of whom believe that leaving a stray cat outside to live out her life is more humane than having her caught and killed.

Rabbits tend to be a little harder to litter train than other animals such as cats, dogs and birds, however it is possible.

With more than 3,000 new product launches, Global Pet Expo will showcase the latest products available for all types of pets including dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, small animals and horses.

Rabbits are much harder to litter train than other animals such as cats, dogs and birds however it is possible with lots of patience, perseverance and plenty of treats.

Humane Canada advocates that companion animal stores restrict their sale of live animals to domesticated and captive - bred birds, fish and small mammals other than cats and dogs.

Plus, many more birds were probably killed than were eaten and thus were not detectable in the stomach contents: cats are hard - wired predators that hunt even when well fed.

Biologists also have used the studies from Marra, Temple, and a number of others to estimate the total U.S. death toll for birds due to cat predation as more than a billion per year.

«Predation by cats on birds has an economic impact of more than $ 17 billion dollars [sic] per year in the U.S..

Kim Campbell Thornton has been writing about dogs, cats, birds and wildlife for more than 25 years.

We know that your dogs, cats, birds, small mammals and reptiles are more than just pets, and you expect the same level of concerned care for them as you do for the rest of your family.

«Our findings suggest that free - ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for U.S. birds and mammals,» Marra and his co-authors conclude.

At Global Pet Expo, more than 1,000 companies from around the world showcase the latest and greatest products available for all types of pets including dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, small animals and horses.

To us, animals are more than just pets or livestock — they're a part of the family, whether they happen to share our homes, like dogs, cats, pocket pets and birds, or they occupy space in our barns, like horses, cows, goats and sheep.

With the help of more than 3,500 animal welfare organizations across the U.S. and Canada, PetSmart and PetSmart Charities found homes for a wide variety of adoptable pets, including dogs, cats, and even small pets such as rabbits, guinea pigs and birds.

Worldwide, cats may have been involved in the extinction of more bird species than any other cause except by habitat destruction.»

We see almost everything: dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, reptiles / amphibians (except snakes), if you do not see your type of pet here, call to check but more than likely we will see.

The HSUS continues to care for more than 480 dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, birds and other pets in our emergency shelters after Hurricane Sandy.

All Types of pets are accepted from dog and cats to birds, llamas, rabbits, hedgehogs to all other exotic pets other than humans.

Weird male cat behavior I never grew up with pets other than fish or birds, so I am totally lost at why my 4 year old male grey tabby Joey has twice now either sprayed me or peed...

Furthermore, the question of whether cats are bad for birds at the population level involves a lot more than simple predation numbers.

If the bird people really want to protect the birds, they would be better off using their energy to promote «smart growth» for new construction in the District rather than persecuting cats.

This is, indeed, excellent for birds; published studies have shown that bird abundance, and better yet bird species diversity, are higher in habitat patches where coyotes are present, than in patches which lack coyotes and have more cats.

As I've pointed out repeatedly, the claims linking predation by cats to declining bird numbers are largely (other than on oceanic islands) unsupported by the evidence.

(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2013) A new peer - reviewed study published today and authored by scientists from two of the world's leading science and wildlife organizations — the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)-- has found that bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely reported, with annual bird mortality now estimated to be 1.3 to 4.0 billion and mammal mortality likely 6.3 to 22.3 billion individuals.