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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. Which would be even worse.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. In the case of fox hunting (a true bloodsport), dogs are domesticated animals that are killing, not for food, but for sport. They have hunted together before, this pack of sky wolves. There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. My reasons for this are as follows: 1.