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

10,000 Birds

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. How many birds to cats kill in the United States? But the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates between 97 and 976 million a year. Climate change is an existential threat to humans and birds alike. So keep that in mind.

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

10,000 Birds

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.