Sentences with phrase «wildlife predation by»

Additionally, the number of cats impounded by shelters in most communities is far too low to have any meaningful impact on the daily risk of disease, injury or wildlife predation by cats.

These numbers are far too low to have any meaningful impact on the daily risk of disease, injury, or wildlife predation by cats.

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Animal protectionists cast a great deal of ire on the wildlife damage control programs, especially the work performed by USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Services (hereafter WS) which has historically administered predator control programs in the U.S.. For example, activists reject the idea that coyote control programs are needed to protect flocks from costly predation.

These projects include work to protect water voles in the South West of England from habitat loss and predation by the American Mink; work to safeguard the future of dormice in Cheshire and the creation of wildlife corridors benefitting birds, mammals and amphibians in North Wales.

In discussions over a couple of years, they agreed that the problem of cat predation on wildlife could be reduced by taking the simple step of moving feral cat colonies away from key wildlife areas.

Hall, C, Fontaine, J, Bryant, K, Calver, M. (2015) Assessing the effectiveness of the Birdsbesafe ® anti-predation collar cover in reducing predation on wildlife by pet cats in Western Australia..

But the studies done by wildlife biologists on cat predation are, I'm sorry, lousy.

This prevents the cat from experiencing extremes of heat or cold, protects them from excessively strong winds and rain, protects them from wild predation and dangerous encounters with wildlife, protects them from insect bites such as mosquitos, fleas and biting ants, and removes the risk of getting infected with communicable disease or getting hit by a car on the road.

With the publication of The ABC Guide, the authors had a chance to right some past wrongs by coming clean about the research surrounding predation, wildlife impacts, and TNR, as well as the true implications of their call to «make TNR and the feeding of cat colonies illegal.»

Woods, M., McDonald, R.A., and Harris, S., «Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain.»

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.»

Two of the greatest threats to wildlife globally are intensifying fire regimes and predation by invasive predators, and our documentation of interaction between these factors has major implications for conservation38.

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.

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

Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain.

[FN8] Second, free - roaming cats take a tremendous toll on native wildlife populations by direct predation and by competition.