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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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He likes books too, which made him the ideal reviewer for Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer. Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

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While cats do not fill a specific niche normally held by a native carnivore, there are reasons to believe that some of those birds would have been eaten by a wild predator had the cats not been in play. In other words, cats may be a very severe problem in some places, but in other places not a factor at all.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR. Pretty standard. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the National Audubon Society.”

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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… Matthew Anderson [of Audubon] said proponents of colonies are putting the interests of one invasive speciescats — over the hundreds of other native ones that are their prey. For example, Minneapolis has a bike borrowing program (an idea originally tried in Amsterdam many years ago) that actually works.