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What is the root cause of the environmental problems caused by free-ranging, stray, and feral pets?

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Solutions like trap-neuter-return don't seem to address the root of the them. submitted by /u/This_Caterpillar_330 [link] [comments]

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. Still, with the help of various sources, the authors have a try: Ninety million cats live in 46 million American homes; There are 100 million feral cats that live outside and eat mostly wildlife, and 50 million owned cats (i.e., By Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella.

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Witch Hunt or Just Prosecution?

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An online lecture by Dauphine is entitled “apocalypse meow – free ranging cats and the destruction of American wildlife.” But this does beg the question – What is an acceptable approach for a private citizen to take when their neighborhood is inundated with feral cats?

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

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I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. 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. Which would be even worse.

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

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A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 Also, in relatively natural, or wild, lands in much of the US the feral cat population will be limited by a healthy wild predator population.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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By far the most commonly seen bird on most of the islands in the region – and the only one every islander can identify on call – is Gallus gallus (the feral chicken). Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks.