It was sustained by junk science and «alternative facts» about how many birds
outdoor cats kill each year.
Outdoor cats are the leading cause of death among both birds and mammals in the United States, according to a new study, killing 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion birds each year.Jan 31, 2013
Outdoor cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds a year, study... https://www.washingtonpost.com/...cats-kill...birds.../2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa... How many animals do cats kill in a year?
Outdoor cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds a year, study says.
Momentum has also been building in the United States for similar action to protect the many animals
outdoor cats kill every year.
For instance, bird advocates point to a Nature Communications study that estimates
outdoor cats kill 1.3 to 4 billion birds a year; people like Wolf don't buy it.
Not exact matches
Killing is never the answer — it is inhumane and it fails to stabilize or reduce
outdoor cat populations.
If
cats are left unattended
outdoors, they can freeze or become lost, stolen, injured or
killed.
And what in the ever - loving f — is with Marra's advocating that ALL
outdoor cats — be they strays, ferals, or human - owned
cats allowed to roam free for part of the day — be
killed by «any means necessary»?
Cats get a lot of these parasites through predation — killing — a possibility in owned cats with outdoor access or the potential for visits from mice, voles and other transport hosts, such as fl
Cats get a lot of these parasites through predation —
killing — a possibility in owned
cats with outdoor access or the potential for visits from mice, voles and other transport hosts, such as fl
cats with
outdoor access or the potential for visits from mice, voles and other transport hosts, such as fleas.
America's
cats, including housecats that go
outdoors and feral
cats,
kill between 1.3 billion and 4.0 billion birds in a year.
«Even
cats that are regularly fed can and do
kill wildlife,» states a commission report on the impact of
outdoor cats in Florida.
Well, it wouldn't be smart to push your
cat outdoors to avoid PBDEs — the dangers outside are far worse, and most of them will
kill your
cat long before the age where she's at risk for thyroid disease.
In their 2010 book, The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, ABC claims there are «532 million birds
killed annually by
outdoor cats, with the actual number likely being much higher.»
We can say the same thing about tallies of
cats TNR'd, because we know that for a hundred years the prevailing policy for controlling
outdoor cat populations was trap and
kill.
This is your opportunity to educate the public — on the truth about animal shelter high
kill rates, Trap - Neuter - Return, local programs and Trap - Neuter - Return groups, or simply familiarize people with
outdoor cats in general.
Yet the current animal control system and even misguided animal welfare organizations believe that taking feral
cats to shelters, where nearly 100 percent of them will be
killed, is more humane then leaving
cats to live
outdoors.
For decades, animal control policy has wasted millions of dollars catching and
killing outdoor cats, but populations of
cats are still there, just as they always have been.
Since any
cat outdoors becomes a target for animal control, indoor - only
cats who've snuck outside may be impounded and
killed.
Feral
cats live full, healthy lives
outdoors, but are
killed in shelters.
If you have an
outdoor cat or an indoor /
outdoor cat, be sure to use a preventive that
kills ticks as well.
Since there is no evidence that
cats are a species - endangering threat to any of our bird species, there's no foundation for calls to remove and / or
kill outdoor cats from the American landscape.
Outdoor cats may seek warmth under car hoods and can be injured or
killed by the car's fan belt.
Any remaining controversy over feral
cats is further fueled by fringe conservation biologists who claim that the easiest and best way to save birds is to round up and
kill outdoor cats.
Most jurisdictions in the United States have a large number of
outdoor cats, too many for shelters to successfully place them if all the
cats were captured, and it makes no sense to take them into a shelter only to
kill them.
«There are many ways for a house
cat to die
outdoors, including dismemberment by coyote and flattening by a car but when the Hoffbauer family's beloved pet Bobby failed to come home one early - June evening, and no amount of calling Bobby's name or searching the perimeter of Canterbridge Estates or walking up and down the county road or stapling Bobby's Xeroxed image to local trees turned up any trace of him, it was widely assumed on Canterbridge Court that Bobby had been
killed by Walter Berglund.»
Cats that live in the wild or indoor pets allowed to roam
outdoors kill from 1.4 billion to as many as 3.7 billion birds in the continental U.S. each year, says a new study that escalates a decades - old debate over the feline threat to native animals.
Cats that live in the wild or indoor pets allowed to roam
outdoors kill from 1.4 billion to as many as 3.7 billion birds in the continental U.S. each year, says a new study.
Sometimes
cats left
outdoors in cold weather seek shelter and heat under the hoods of automobiles and are injured or
killed when the ignition is turned on.
Nevertheless, there are those who cling desperately and inexplicably to the perverse hope that we might be able to
kill our way to a day when there are simply no more
outdoor cats (including pets).
Don't expect a press release from the American Bird Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, PETA, or any of the other organizations that continue to promote the senseless
killing of
outdoor cats.
Cats allowed outdoors have an average lifespan of only 5 years (vs. 15 for indoor cats) due to being hit by cars, injured or killed by dogs or wildlife, rat poison ingestion, diseases caught by fighting with other cats, and nameless other accide
Cats allowed
outdoors have an average lifespan of only 5 years (vs. 15 for indoor
cats) due to being hit by cars, injured or killed by dogs or wildlife, rat poison ingestion, diseases caught by fighting with other cats, and nameless other accide
cats) due to being hit by cars, injured or
killed by dogs or wildlife, rat poison ingestion, diseases caught by fighting with other
cats, and nameless other accide
cats, and nameless other accidents.
In addition to posing a rabies risk,
outdoor and feral
cats that number at least 95 million animals in the United States, are responsible for
killing an estimated 500 million birds annually in addition to scores of other small animals.
«KittyCam» Reveals High Levels of Wildlife Being
Killed by
Outdoor Cats (2012) I suppose it's no surprise that HAHF would cite Loyd's overhyped «KittyCam» study as evidence of the impact of cats on wildl
Cats (2012) I suppose it's no surprise that HAHF would cite Loyd's overhyped «KittyCam» study as evidence of the impact of
cats on wildl
cats on wildlife.
Cats that are allowed
outdoors will
kill wild animals and birds in the area for entertainment and they themselves can be
killed by wildlife, cars, dogs, disease and can be stolen, abused or
killed by humans.
Cars and Pets
Cats love to warm up underneath car hoods.If your car is kept outdoors, or if cats have access to your garage, be sure to pound on the hood of the car prior to turning the ignition.Many cats are killed or injured grievously by fan belts and moving engine parts.Also, pets should not be left alone in vehicles due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning or hypother
Cats love to warm up underneath car hoods.If your car is kept
outdoors, or if
cats have access to your garage, be sure to pound on the hood of the car prior to turning the ignition.Many cats are killed or injured grievously by fan belts and moving engine parts.Also, pets should not be left alone in vehicles due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning or hypother
cats have access to your garage, be sure to pound on the hood of the car prior to turning the ignition.Many
cats are killed or injured grievously by fan belts and moving engine parts.Also, pets should not be left alone in vehicles due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning or hypother
cats are
killed or injured grievously by fan belts and moving engine parts.Also, pets should not be left alone in vehicles due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning or hypothermia.
Outdoor cats sometimes sleep under the hoods of cars and can be injured or
killed by the fan belt when the car is started.
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While I respect every
cat who just can't become social kitties, and I will return those
cats to the
outdoors, it
kills me because I know their future will be very difficult, even with a great caretaker looking after them.
For example, no -
kill militancy holds that it is okay to leave
cats who are dependent on humans at large
outdoors ---- not true ferals, who want and need nothing from humans, but former pets.
Rounding up and
killing cats does not decrease the
outdoor cat population.
- The traditional trap /
kill method of handling
outdoor cats at the Baton Rouge shelter costs approximately $ 200 including personnel to trap; transportation; shelter personnel - intake, kennel workers and veterinary staff; required vaccinations; food and housing before euthanization; euthanization drugs.
One approach that has repeatedly failed is catching and
killing outdoor cats.
It's hunting season, a fitting time for Peter Marra to be reiterating his call for the
killing of
outdoor cats.
Since community (feral or free - roaming)
cats are happiest living
outdoors and are at great risk of being
killed if they enter shelters, our community
cat spay / neuter voucher program was created to keep them out of shelters, while gradually reducing their numbers.
The selected shelters have all committed to an official Feral
Cat Protection Policy, which means that they will stop impounding and
killing feral
cats and support TNR, a humane program for
outdoor cats.
For years the prevailing wisdom in the United States was that
cats should be indoors — even if that meant
killing millions of
outdoor cats.
Is there a good case for
killing or neutering
outdoor cats to protect biodiversity?
Another myth that lives on and can cause tempers to flare is that
outdoor cats (including all the Fluffys and Garfields who are allowed access to the
outdoors) are
killing off our songbird population.
Talking to a friend who has seen their
cat taken by an owl or heard their
cat killed during the night by a coyote should provide convincing evidence that the
outdoors is not safe.
Local residents and city officials say they are proud of their Trap - Neuter - Return program. If forced to end it, most of the
outdoor cats of Cape May will be trapped and
killed. Nationwide, over 70 percent of
cats entering shelters are
killed; for feral
cats, this statistic rises to virtually 100 percent.