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

10,000 Birds

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 By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. How many birds to cats kill in the United States?

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

Statistics come to life in the suffering of one dove or one mockingbird, the one needlessly stricken and dying for the sake of a personal choice. I assume this personal tie is what brings many people to a wildlife hospital for the first time: empathy and sorrow for the single animal in their care. All photographs by Ingrid Taylar.

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