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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. million metric tons per year in the United States alone; and. (By And keeping cats, natural hunters, indoors is, as a matter of biology and of common sense, not the healthiest state for them.

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

10,000 Birds

How many birds to cats kill in the United States? 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

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

10,000 Birds

This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands. Let me tell you this: They are.