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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. Thus the decision was made to kill 3,600 Barreds, and it’s hard to fault the inescapable logic of doing so, as one Audubon Society director expressed it: On the one hand, killing thousands of owls is completely unacceptable.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

The ordinance requires caretakers to “educate” people in their neighborhoods. … Matthew Anderson [of Audubon] said proponents of colonies are putting the interests of one invasive species — cats — over the hundreds of other native ones that are their prey. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200.