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

10,000 Birds

Notably, this is a vey small number compared to the number of rodents killed by the same cats. 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.

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

10,000 Birds

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. And for rodents and reptiles as well. We do know this: In areas where feral cat populations exist, they are often well established.