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.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2013
A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. My mammal-rehabber friends give me their unfortunates, as well. Birds raptors turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators' Did I have an answer for him. Sometimes a defrosted chick.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands.
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