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Cats and chicks

10,000 Birds

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.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. If you, animal lover, have no interest in providing wildlife a healthy environment, then your efforts and passions are brought into question. Obviously its perfectly fine to concentrate on one particular problem (i.e.