10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer, likes cats and birds both. 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. They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely.

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Feral Cats Cats Tnr Feral 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Having said that, we expect wind mills to increase in number, and the specific birds that are killed by them may be a particularly sensitive group (i.e. How many birds to cats kill in the United States? billion birds, plus or minus more than a billion, are killed by cats every year in the US.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? It is extinct. Clapper Rails Rallus longirostris. Photos © Tai Haku. Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni.

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Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 181