10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

As keen birdwatchers, who just happened to have found the Night Parrots in Western Australia, they were keen to look for the Fairy Pitta at first light the next day. This was only to be the second record for Australia. Sadly it had recently been killed and was lying in the garden bed beside the path. They were also devastated.

Australia 122

Australia Litter Geese Cats 122

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2018

In the UK, so figures indicate , 10 million domestic cats account for 275 million prey items, of which 55 million are birds. In Australia where the endemic prey population has evolved without cats, the problem has reached the stage where drastic measures have been imposed. Cats rely on stealth to ambush their prey.

Cats 114

Cats Culling Hunting Feral 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Possums SPCA Cats 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. If the whole thing passed you by then Mother Jones did a good piece on why zoos sometimes have to kill individuals for the good of the species.

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150