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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. It’s quite possible that further research into the internal stress indicators of birds may reveal similar findings. So far, there aren’t any reports of bird deaths caused by drones.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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

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The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.