10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. It’s not just the effect of cats on wildlife that should be alarming, “Cat Wars” says. This is Mark’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds.

Feral Cats 258

Feral Cats Cats Tnr Feral 258

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

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?

Hunting 221

Hunting Feral Cats Free Range Rats 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. 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 So keep that in mind.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

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.

Feral Cats 255

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255