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

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But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. And for rodents and reptiles as well. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.

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Short-eared Owl at Plum Beach, Brooklyn

10,000 Birds

Though its population is declining everywhere that numbers are available, and seemingly precipitously in North America, it still has an extremely large population. The Short-eared Owl has an enormous range, occurring on every continent except for Australia and Antarctica.

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